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Sis·tine (sis′tēn′, -tin)

adjective

of or having to do with any pope named Sixtus

Etymology: It Sistino < Sisto (< ML Sixtus, for L Sextus, lit., sixth)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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