cismontane, a.
(sɪsˈmɒnteɪn)
[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 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. ii. 34 The Middle, or Traceried, style of Cismontane Europe. |
b. n. = cisalpine b.
| 1858 O. A. Brownson Wks. V. 224 Sects and parties..such as Jansenists and Jesuits, cismontanes and ultramontanes. |