Word Study
sistine
CIDE DICTIONARY
sistine, a. [It. sistino.].
Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sistine, adj. of any of the Popes called Sixtus, esp. Sixtus IV.
Idiom
Sistine Chapel a chapel in the Vatican, with frescoes by Michelangelo and other painters.
Etymology
It. Sistino f. Sisto Sixtus
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