cismontane
[ sis-mon-teyn ]
/ sɪsˈmɒn teɪn /
adjective
on this (the speaker's or writer's) side of the mountains, especially the Alps.
Words nearby cismontane
Example sentences from the Web for cismontane
Sustained by the united support of Cismontane Christendom, the council resolutely went its way.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II |Henry Charles LeaBut this I will do—thank you most sincerely for the compliment you pay us Cismontane heretics.
Yeast: A Problem |Charles Kingsley
British Dictionary definitions for cismontane
cismontane
/ (sɪsˈmɒnteɪn) /
adjective
on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
Compare ultramontane (def. 1)
Word Origin for cismontane
C18: from Latin
cis- +
montānus of the mountains, from
mōns mountain