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Definition of: Ultramontanism
(ul′trə·mon′tə·niz′əm) noun
The policy of Roman Catholics who wish to see all power in the church in the hands of the pope, in opposition to those desiring a more independent development of the national churches; curialiam: opposed to Gallicanism.
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