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Definition: Ultramontane |
UltramontaneAdjective1. On or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps); "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was a transalpine university". 2. On the Italian or Roman side of the Alps; "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ultramontane" was first used: 14th century. (references) |
Synonyms: UltramontaneSynonyms: cisalpine (adj), transalpine (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Churchdom | Adjective: ecclesiastical, ecclesiological; clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic; hierarchical, archiepiscopal; episcopal, episcopalian; canonical; monastic, monachal; monkish; abbatial, abbatical; Anglican; pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish; ultramontane, priest-ridden. |
Distance | Adjective: distant; far off, far away; remote, telescopic, distal, wide of; stretching to; Verb: yon, yonder; ulterior; transmarine, transpontine, transatlantic, transalpine; tramontane; ultramontane, ultramundane; hyperborean, antipodean; inaccessible, out of the way; unapproached, unapproachable; incontiguous. |
Extraneousness | Adjective: extraneous, foreign, alien, ulterior; tramontane, ultramontane. |
Heterodoxy | Protestant; Huguenot; orthodox dissenter, Congregationalist, Independent; Episcopalian, Presbyterian; Lutheran, Calvinist, Methodist, Wesleyan; Ana, Baptist; Mormon, Latter-day Saint, Irvingite, Sandemanian, Glassite, Erastian; Sublapsarian, Supralapsarian; Gentoo, Antinomian, Swedenborgian; Adventist, Bible Christian, Bryanite, Brownian, Christian Scientist, Dunker, Ebionite, Eusebian; Faith Curer, Curist; Familist, Jovinianist, Libadist, Quaker, Restitutionist, Shaker, Stundist, Tunker; ultramontane; Anglican, Oxford School; tractarian, Puseyite, ritualist; Puritan. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ultramontane |
| English words defined with "ultramontane": Curialism, Curialist, Curialistic ♦ Ultra-. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ultramontane": Ultramontane Party. (references) |
| "Ultramontane" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ultramontane" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "ultramontane"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مردمی که درانطرف کوه هاهستند, تفوق مطلق پاپ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | ultramontan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | πέραν των ορεών (tramontane), παπιστήσ (papist), φιλοπαπικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | ultramontaanagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amontaneultray ultramontan. (various references) bên kia núi; bên kia núi An-pơ theo chủ trương giáo ho ng có to n quyền (ultramontanist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | ultramontain. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ultramontane": ultramontanes. (additional references) | |
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"Ultramontane" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: intramontane, ultramontaine, ultramontanes, ultramontanist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-l-m-n-n-o-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: ornamental, tournament, tramontane. | |
-3 letters: neuromata, outlearnt, tremulant. | |
-4 letters: aeronaut, alterant, amaretto, annotate, annulate, automate, emanator, emulator, maltreat, maternal, matronal, maturate, monaural, neonatal, neuronal, nonmetal, noumenal, ornament, outlearn, routeman, tantalum, tarletan, tautomer, teratoma, tolerant, unlearnt, unmolten, unornate. | |
-5 letters: aleuron, almoner, alumnae, amateur, annatto, annular, annulet, arnatto, aureola, automan, automen, enamour, entrant, lantern, lomenta, manteau, mantlet. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-l-m-n-n-o-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: ultramontanes. | |
+3 letters: nonmatriculated. | |
+5 letters: multigenerational. | |
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