cisalpine

[sis-al-pahyn, -pin]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

on this (the Roman or south) side of the Alps.

cisalpine

/ ��ɪ��ˈæ��貹ɪ�� /

adjective

on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
relating to a movement in the Roman Catholic Church to minimize the authority of the pope and to emphasize the independence of branches of the Church Compare ultramontane

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cisalpine¹

1535–45; < Latin �侱��ī�Գܲ�, equivalent to cis- cis- + ��ī�Գܲ� Alpine ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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It was an attitude of mind, not a body of doctrine; its nearest parallel is probably to be found in the eclectic strivings of the Renaissance philosophy and the modernizing tendencies of cisalpine humanism.

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Mago, in cisalpine Gaul, was too far off to render aid.

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Those raw colours he preferred; Spanish, Oriental, African, perhaps, irritant certainly to cisalpine eyes, he undoubtedly attained the colouring you associate with sun-stroke, only possible under a sun in which dead things rot quickly.

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cisaconitic acid Cisalpine Gaul

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