Meanings
plural ultramontanisms
- countableuncountableA Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope.
Ultramontanism is often seen as a conservative force in the Church, but after 1815 it represented innovation and the prospect of Church reconstruction and revival, albeit of a particular type.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 818Synonyms: curialism, Vaticanism, Romism · Antonyms: conciliarism, congregationalism, Gallicanism, Febronianism, Erastianism, Josephinism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope.
Origin
- Frenchultramontanisme
- Englishultramontanism
From ultramontane + -ism, after French ultramontanisme.
More words from French
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French ultramontanisme
- ultramontanismeRoman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope
Indonesian ultramontanisme
- ultramontanismeRoman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope
Italian ultramontanismo
- ultramontanismoRoman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope
Polish ultramontanizm
- ultramontanizmRoman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope
Romanian ultramontanism
- ultramontanismRoman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope
Ukrainian ультрамонта́нство
- ультрамонта́нство (ulʹtramontánstvo)Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope
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