(adj): on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)
(adj): vs. cismontane), transmontane -- (on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker)
(adj): on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps
(adj): vs. tramontane) -- (on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains
(n): a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline)
(n): a member of the Roman Catholic Church