ul|tra|mon|tane «UHL truh MON tayn», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. beyond the mountains; transmontane.
2. south of the Alps; Italian.
3. supporting the absolute authority of the pope in matters of faith and morals when he speaks as the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
–n.
1. a person living south of the Alps.
2. one of a party of the Roman Catholic Church maintaining the absolute authority of the pope in matters of religious faith and ecclesiastical discipline.
╂[< Medieval Latin ultramontanus < Latin ultrā beyond + mōns, montis mountain]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.