Sixtine

[ siks-teen, -tin, -tahyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

At Bellarmine's suggestion the revision was called the "Sixtine edition" to save the reputation of the deceased Pontiff.

Last evening we were present at a service in the Sixtine chapel preparatory to the approaching high festival.

His Holiness received me in a great hall adjoining the Sixtine Chapel.

On the 3rd April we at last heard the-long-wished-for Miserere in the Sixtine chapel.

Oswald repaired to the Sixtine Chapel to hear the celebrated miserere, so much talked of all over Europe.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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