Sistine

[ sis-teen, -tin, -tahyn ]

/ ˈsɪs tin, -tɪn, -taɪn /

of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.

QUIZZES

Here is our second set of teacher-selected PSAT vocabulary words. Do you know the meanings of these terms?

Question 1 of 10

advocate

1860–65; < Italian Sistino, pertaining to Sisto man's name (< Latin Sextus (Medieval Latin Sixtus), special use of sextus sixth); see -ine¹

VATICAN CITY—In the 500 or so years since the Sistine Chapel was decorated, it has never looked so good.
The Sistine Chapel Gets Mood Lighting|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She “was an attractive blonde,” Bai writes, “only in the sense that the Sistine Chapel had some pretty good artwork.”
How Gary Hart Became the First Political Sex Scandal Casualty|Lloyd Grove|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Comparing Yellowstone to the Sistine Chapel is the brainchild of an ex-superintendent of Yellowstone Park.
American Wilderness Faces the Firing Squad|Doug Peacock|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was painting the Sistine Chapel, and he was angry at one of the bishops or cardinals, so he painted him in with donkey ears.
Interview: T Bone Burnett, the Coen Brothers’ Music Guru|Andrew Romano|December 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

As is the practice, the cardinals vote in secrecy in the Sistine Chapel and burn their ballots after each vote.
Inside John Thavis’s ‘Vatican Diaries’|Barbie Latza Nadeau|March 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Those grand frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in Rome alone afforded him sufficient scope for his wonderful creative genius.
Barbara's Heritage|Deristhe L. Hoyt
Every body went but myself; and it was agreed that we should all meet at the door of the Sistine Chapel at five o'clock.
The Diary of an Ennuye|Anna Brownell Jameson
At another and later time, when he was engaged upon the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, he was made to work by force.
Pictures Every Child Should Know|Dolores Bacon
Yesterday morning to the Sistine again; prodigious crowd, music moderate.
The Greville Memoirs|Charles C. F. Greville
The burning and mighty spirit of the Sistine breathes again, and austere forms rise from the shade.
Michelangelo|Romain Rolland