[Cf. prec. and -IST.]
1. An adherent of ultramontane principles and doctrines; a supporter of the absolute supremacy of the Pope.
1826. Southey, Vind. Eccl. Angl., 3. The English Romanists will proudly acknowledge you for their advocate (whatever may be thought by the Ultra-Montanists), as one in whose hands their cause will lose nothing in strength.
1839. Hallam, Hist. Lit., III. ii. § 12. This opposition to the extreme line of the ultra-montanists might be well compatible with a tendency towards much that the reformers had denounced.
1885. W. W. Roberts, Pontif. Decrees, Introd. 12. How can the Ultramontanist meet the mistake that Rome made in condemning heliocentricism?
attrib. 1839. Fraser’s Mag., XIX. 274. This paper … is an ultra-montanist paper.
1884. Encycl. Brit., XVII. 754/2. This bold proclamation of Ultramontanist doctrine.
2. = ULTRAMONTANE sb. 1 a. rare–1.
1855. Milman, Lat. Chr., VI. 13. As Ultramontanists it was their interest, their inclination, to espouse the Ultramontane cause.
