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cisalpine
[ sis-al-pahyn, -pin ]
adjective
- on this (the Roman or south) side of the Alps.
cisalpine
/ sɪsˈælpaɪn /
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 Cisalpīnus, equivalent to cis- cis- + Alpīnus Alpine ( def )
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Example Sentences
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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