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Sis·tine 
[sis-teen, -tin, -tahyn] Pronunciation Key
[sis-teen, -tin, -tahyn] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| of or pertaining to any pope named Sixtus. |
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| Sis·tine
(sĭs'tēn', sĭ-stēn') Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Italian sistino, from New Latin sixtīnus, from Medieval Latin Sixtus, the name of several popes, from Latin Sextus, Roman praenomen, from sextus, sixth; see sext.] |
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Sistine
Sistine
1769, lit. "pertaining to Pope Sixtus," from It. sistino, from Sixtus, name of five popes, from L. sextus "sixth" (see Sextus). The "chapel" is named for Sixtus IV (Francesco della Rovere), pope 1471-84, who had it built.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Sistine
Sis"tine\, a.[It. sistino.] Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus. Sistine chapel, a chapel in the Vatican at Rome, built by Pope Sixtus IV., and decorated with frescoes by Michael Angelo and others.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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