Sis|tine

Sis|tine
Sis|tine «SIHS teen, -tyn, -tihn», adjective.
1. of or having to do with any one of the five popes named Sixtus.
2. of or having to do with the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Also, Sixtine.
[< Italian sistino < Sisto (Pope Sixtus IV) < Latin sextus sixth]

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