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- noun Plural form of
ultramontane .
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There is much comedy in the book, especially stemming from Pugin's horror of the baroque Catholicism favoured by such ultramontanes as Faber.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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There is much comedy in the book, especially stemming from Pugin's horror of the baroque Catholicism favoured by such ultramontanes as Faber.
World of books: Why I rejoice in the positively medieval 2007
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It is easy to realize how this purely political quarrel could degenerate into a conflict of ideals, some ultramontanes distrusting the motives of
Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915
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"Lothair," a precise portraiture of the British aristocracy and a clear presentation of its relation to the Church, the spirit of revolution, the intrigues of the ultramontanes, the simplicity of true religion; every page splendid with wit and with picturesque charm.
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This further exasperated the ultramontanes, and on Easter day, April eighth, they made demonstrations so serious that the scheming commander -- Buonaparte again, it was believed -- found the much desired pretext to interfere; there was a mêlée, and one of the militia officers was killed.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) William Milligan Sloane 1889
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There is some probability that all this noise which is made nowadays about liberty may end in the suppression of liberty; it is plain that the internationals, the irreconcilables, and the ultramontanes, are, all three of them, aiming at absolutism, at dictatorial omnipotence.
Amiel's Journal Henri Fr��d��ric Amiel 1885
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Derby angrily divided the combination that had overthrown him into, first, various gradations of liberalism from 'high aristocratic and exclusive whigs down to the extremest radical theorists'; second, Irish ultramontanes; and lastly, a party of some thirty or thirty-five gentlemen 'of great personal worth, of great eminence and respectability, possessing considerable official experience and a large amount of talent -- who once professed, and I believe do still profess, conservative opinions.'
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 John Morley 1880
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They were ultramontanes in the other sense of the word, as conservatives, advocates of authority and submission, opponents of insubordination and resistance.
Lectures on Modern history John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868
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Willaert, of Eleazar Genet, of James Arkadelt, of Claude Gondimel; and the performers were in like manner chiefly ultramontanes.
Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866
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Anyhow, none of our young nobles, when at home, seemed to live in the noble Faubourg across the river, and there were no clericals or ultramontanes among us, high or low -- we were all red, white, and blue in equal and impartial combination.
The Martian George Du Maurier 1865
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