1. Of or relating to ultramontanism
   "The ultramontane policies favoured increased papal authority"
    
2. On or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)
   "The ultramontane regions had different customs";
   - transalpine
    
3. On the Italian or Roman side of the Alps
   "ancient ultramontane Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps";
   - cisalpine

1. A Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)
   "The ultramontane argued for strict adherence to papal decrees"

Derived forms: ultramontanes

See also: cismontane, tramontane, transmontane

Type of: Roman Catholic

Encyclopedia: Ultramontane