Sistine Definition

sĭstēn, sĭ-stēn
adjective
Of or having to do with any pope named Sixtus.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
American Heritage

Origin of Sistine

  • Italian sistino from New Latin sixtīnus from Medieval Latin Sixtus the name of several popes from Latin Sextus Roman praenomen from sextus sixth sext

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sistine Sentence Examples

  • At the end is the famous Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo's paintings adorning the ceiling.

  • Sisto, which dates from 1499, and takes the place of the church founded in 874 by Angilberga (consort of the emperor Louis II.), lost its chief attraction when Raphael's Sistine.

  • Thus, he said, Vatican City, not just the Sistine Chapel, is considered the site of the next conclave.

  • The most important work for which he was responsible is the " Last Judgment " of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel.

  • Michelangelo and Raphael, who had both, as we have seen, risen to greatness partly on Leonardo's shoulders, were fresh from the glory of their great achievements in the Sistine Chapel and the Stanze.

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