sistine

Adjective

Sis=tine

CIDE DICTIONARY

sistine, a. [It. sistino.].

Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus. [1913 Webster]

Sistine chapel, a chapel in the Vatican at Rome, built by Pope Sixtus IV., and decorated with frescoes by Michael Angelo and others.

sistine, adj. of any of the Popes called Sixtus, esp. Sixtus IV.

Idiom

Sistine Chapel a chapel in the Vatican, with frescoes by Michelangelo and other painters.

Etymology

It. Sistino f. Sisto Sixtus