Ultramontane

Ultramontane (Lat., 'beyond the mountains'—the Alps—namely, in relation to France), that party in the Church of Rome which assigns the greatest weight to the papal prerogative. See GALLICAN CHURCH, INFALLIBILITY, OLD CATHOLICS, PIUS IX., POPE. (Italians of course use the word in a converse geographical sense for people beyond the Alps and so in the north of Europe.)