SISTINE


Meaning of SISTINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsis-ˌtēn, sis-ˈ ]

adjective

also Six·tine ˈsik-ˌstīn, -ˌstēn

Etymology: Italian sistino, from New Latin sixtinus, from Sixtus, name of some popes

Date: 1771

1.

[from Pope Sixtus IV died 1484]

: of or relating to the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican

2. : of or relating to any of the popes named Sixtus

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