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ultramontanus

ultramontanus [cf. CL ultra, montanus], situated beyond the mountains (esp. the Alps), ultramontane. b (of person) of or originating from a land or lands beyond the mountains. s887 accepit ‥ Wido regnum Longabardorum et alias terras que sunt ~a AS Chr.; papa ~as ecclesias sue rationi subjecerat W. Malm. GR V 420; 1259 litteram quam me memini vestre prelationi [destinavisse] in partes ~as Ad. Marsh Ep. 169; 1330 in expensis A. ‥ ducentis equicia domini regis de partibus ~is usque forestam del Selkirk ExchScot 340.  b 1240 mandamus vobis quatinus omnibus mercatoribus ~is existentibus Lond’ ex parte nostra firmiter inhibeatis ne ultra unum mensem ‥ in regno nostro morentur Cl 239; frater J. ~us Eccleston Adv. Min. 7; c1280 tolneto tam de burgo et villa predictis quam de tolneto ~orum (Brecon) BBC 317; valuit tum ratio quid nobis cum barbaris ~is [Eng.: ultramontans] Gardiner Si sedes 44.

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