cismontain

adjective

Syllable Decomposition

cismontain

Etymology

from Latin cismontanus.

Definitions

1. Which is on this side of the mountains. French, as opposed to Roman or Italian, located beyond the Alps.in particular: Ceux que nous appelons ultramontains, sont cismontains relativement à Rome.

2. Opposed to the power of the Holy See over civil society and to papal prerogatives in the Catholic Church of France. histoire: L'idéal cismontain de la démocratie sociale.

Synonym

gallican

Antonyms

transmontainultramontain

Translations

See also

mont (cn.) montueux (adj.) cismontains (adj.) cismontaines (adj.) cismontaine (adj.) montuosité (cn.)