Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the ultramontane party; a promoter of ultramontanism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who upholds ultramontanism.
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- noun A
supporter ofultramontanism .
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Examples
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Yes, but what you don't understand probably as an ultramontanist is what's important, is what God wants.
Two Years after Summorum Pontificum: The Situation in France 2009
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They reject Vatican II (about which most Orthodox are ambivalent) while expounding the ultramontanist dogmas of Vatican I (about which we Orthodox are definitely not ambivalent).
RORATE CÆLI 2009
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And lest you think that an extreme example of ultramontanist arrogance, listen to the Boston "Pilot", April 6, 1912, speaking for
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Upton Sinclair 1923
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And lest you think that an extreme example of ultramontanist arrogance, listen to the Boston "Pilot", April 6, 1912, speaking for Cardinal O'Connell, whose official organ it is:
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation 1918
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Even the most devout ultramontanist might wonder whether the papacy has the right to veto the US's choice of ambassador to the Holy See, but reports that the Vatican has made clear its displeasure at all three of the President's first choices - because they are pro-abortion Catholics - present Barack Obama with a headache.
Clerical Whispers 2009
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Cullen's mission was to assert Rome's ultramontanist view on the Irish Church.
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a Catholic and pious, but within just limits; he shall not be an ultramontanist or a bigot.
The Modern Regime, Volume 2 Hippolyte Taine 1860
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