ultramontanism

English

Etymology

From ultramontane +‎ -ism, after French ultramontanisme.

Noun

ultramontanism (countable and uncountable, plural ultramontanisms)

1. A Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 818:

     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.

Antonyms

• Gallicanism (France and in general), Febronianism (Germany), conciliarism (council over pope)

Derived terms

• neo-ultramontanism
• ultramontanist

Related terms

• ultramontano

Translations

Roman Catholic philosophy that emphasises the prerogatives and powers of the Pope

• French: ultramontanisme (fr) m
• Ido: ultramontanismo
• Indonesian: ultramontanisme
• Italian: ultramontanismo (it) m
• Polish: ultramontanizm m
• Romanian: ultramontanism (ro) n
• Ukrainian: ультрамонта́нство (uk) n (ulʹtramontánstvo)

See also

• Vaticanism

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ultramontanisme.

Noun

ultramontanism n (uncountable)

1. ultramontanism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ultramontanism	ultramontanismul
genitive-dative	ultramontanism	ultramontanismului
vocative	ultramontanismule