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ultramontanism
[ uhl-truh-mon-tn-iz-uhm ]
noun
- the policy of the party in the Roman Catholic Church that favors increasing and enhancing the power and authority of the pope.
ultramontanism
/ 藢蕦濒迟谤蓹藞尘蓲苍迟瑟藢苍瑟锄蓹尘 /
noun
- RC Church the doctrine of central papal supremacy Compare Gallicanism
Derived Forms
- 藢耻濒迟谤补藞尘辞苍迟补苍颈蝉迟, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 耻濒顎卼谤补路尘辞苍顎僼补路苍颈蝉迟 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of ultramontanism1
Example Sentences
He feared the advent of socialism, unsurprisingly, but also the rise of 鈥渦ltramontanism,鈥 a semi-polite term for Roman Catholic theocracy.
In Catholicism, 鈥渦ltramontanism鈥 is a worldview in which the pope is accorded exaggerated authority.
In consequence of this victory of the clerical party Catholic Switzerland with Lucerne at its head became a main centre of ultramontanism and Jesuitism.
The organ of ultramontanism in H---- printed an article headed, "Contributions to the Traits of Character of a New Candidate."
In country villages, the position here assumed by the magnates of progress is filled by the lords of ultramontanism, clerical gentlemen in cassocks, who keep a sharp eye on the fingers of their parishioners.
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