Sistine

American  

[sis-teen, -tin, -tahyn] / ˈsɪs tin, -tɪn, -taɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.

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Etymology

Origin of Sistine

1860–65; < Italian Sistino, pertaining to Sisto man's name (< Latin Sextus ( Medieval Latin Sixtus ), special use of sextus sixth ); -ine ¹

Example Sentences

In October he visited the Vatican for a historic religious service with Pope Leo in the Sistine Chapel.

From BBC

The trip comes weeks after Leo and King Charles III, the titular head of the Church of England, prayed together in the Sistine Chapel—a historic first for the heads of the two churches.

From The Wall Street Journal

White smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel to announce the election of the 267th head of the Catholic Church after a less-than-24-hour conclave.

From Barron's

In his early life he was considered to be equal to Leonardo da Vinci, and was commissioned to paint the walls of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Palace in Rome.

From BBC

The gold-painted dome ceiling has a florid original mural of angels that Trinity Broadcasting founder Paul Crouch called “Orange County’s own Sistine Chapel.”

From Los Angeles Times