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Sistine

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Sis·tine  (sstn, s-stn) also Six·tine (skstn, -stn)
adj.
1. Of or relating to any of the five popes named Sixtus, especially Sixtus IV (1414-1484; reigned 1471-1484) and Sixtus V (1520-1590; reigned 1585-1590).
2. Of or relating to the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
[Italian sistino, from New Latin sixtnus, from Medieval Latin Sixtus, the name of several popes, from Latin Sextus, Roman praenomen, from sextus, sixth; see sext.]
Translations
Sistine [ˈsɪstiːn] ADJ the Sistine Chapel → la Capilla Sixtina
Sistine
adj → Sixtinisch


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Out of the high heaven is she summoned, from mystic communion with her own perfection, from majestic labours in the Sistine Chapel of the Stars,--yea, she must put aside her gold-leaf and purples and leave unfinished the very panels of the throne of God,--that Circe shall have her palace, and her worshippers their gilded sty.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
A very pretty curly-headed boy with a look of the Christ in the Sistine Madonna was depicted playing at stick and ball.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
, I had just the same feeling as when I went to the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
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