ultramontanism

[ uhl-truh-mon-tn-iz-uh m ]

/ ˌʌl trəˈmɒn tnˌɪz əm /

the policy of the party in the Roman Catholic Church that favors increasing and enhancing the power and authority of the pope.

Compare Gallicanism.

Origin of ultramontanism

1820–30; < French ultramontanisme, equivalent to ultramontain ultramontane + -isme -ism

ul·tra·mon·ta·nist, noun

The sword of Loyola in the hands of his modern apostles has become a dagger—a weapon more suitable to Ultramontanism.

Gwen Wynn |Mayne Reid
It would take the Christianity of the nation, at its last gasp, and dose it anew with Ultramontanism.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 403, May, 1849 |Various
And, in the first place, our defence must be prepared against Romanism or Ultramontanism.

The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century |Ernst Haeckel
As for Spain, Ultramontanism was riveted upon her by the Inquisition, and she is twice dead.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 403, May, 1849 |Various

The growing democracy and the growing Ultramontanism came into collision.

The History of Freedom |John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

ultramontanism

/ (ˌʌltrəˈmɒntɪˌnɪzəm) /

RC Church the doctrine of central papal supremacy Compare Gallicanism

ultramontanist, noun