Cisalpine

Quick meaning: Cisalpine is an adjective meaning On this side of the Alps (chiefly the south side where Rome is located).

Meaning

On this side of the Alps (chiefly the south side where Rome is located).

More Meanings

1. Alternative letter-case form of Cisalpine (“of or pertaining to Gallicanism, the doctrine that the church of France is autonomous, especially in relation to the pope; or cisalpinism, a movement in 18th–19th century Britain among Roman Catholics which took the view that allegiance to the Crown was compatible with allegiance to the pope”).

Example Sentences

[T]he ſaid floud of Rubicon diſſeuereth the Galle Ciſalpine from Italie.

Cæsar had by this time nearly 30,000 men. The Cisalpine territories in mere enthusiasm had raised twenty-two cohorts for him.

Northern Italy was still excluded, being not called Italy, but Cisalpine Gaul. South of the Po distinctions of citizenship ceased to exist.

[A]n Entrenched Camp is forming under the direction of the French, in the Cisalpine Territory towards the Frontiers of His Imperial Majesty's new acquisitions; […]

Synonyms for cisalpine

Depending on context, synonyms include cismontane, ultramontane.

Antonyms for cisalpine

Common opposites include transalpine, transmontane, tramontane, ultramontane.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ultramontane, cismontane, philoroman, italic.

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