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Definition of Cismontane
1. Adjective. On this (the speaker's) side of the mountains. "A contest in Virginia between a cismontane and a tramontane people"
Definition of Cismontane
1. a. On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.
Definition of Cismontane
1. Adjective. From this side of the mountains. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cismontane
Literary usage of Cismontane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Conversations with M. Thiers, M. Guizot, and Other Distinguished Persons by Nassau William Senior (1878)
"It would be more true if the Pope were called cismontane. Since our occupation
of Rome his whole policy, ecclesiastical as well as civil, has originated in ..."
2. Rectorial Addresses: Delivered in the University of Aberdeen, 1835-1900 by University of Aberdeen, Peter John Anderson (1902)
"... of the cismontane University, and he blames Denifle for failing to recognise "the
marked difference between the Ultramontane Nationes and cismontane ..."
3. Readings in the History of Education: Mediaeval Universities by Arthur Orlo Norton (1909)
"“Ultramontane” scholars are those from north, “cismontane,” those from south, of
the Alps. Moreover, the ultramontane scholars shall accompany the ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"At the General Chapter of Salamanca (1554), Clemente Dolerá of Moneglia, the
general in office, promulgated new statutes for the cismontane family. ..."
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