ultramontane

Adjective

• on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps
  • ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps
    

• on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)
  • ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium
    
  • Cracow was a transalpine university
    

• of or relating to ultramontanism

Noun

• a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cisalpine , transalpine