a. [ad. L. cismontān-us, f. cis + montānus, f. mont-em mountain.] On this side of the mountains, esp. of the Alps: opposed to ultramontane.
1826. Southey, Vind. Eccl. Angl., 427. Your … Cis-marine as well as Cis-montane system.
1851. Kingsley, Yeast, x. 187. Thank you … for the compliment you pay us Cismontane heretics.
1861. Beresf. Hope, Eng. Cathedr. 19th C., ii. 34. The Middle, or Traceried, style of Cismontane Europe.
b. sb. = CISALPINE b.
1858. O. Brownson, Wks., V. 224. Sects and parties … such as Jansenists and Jesuits, cismontanes and ultramontanes.
