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Sixtine

American  
[siks-teen, -tin, -tahyn] / ˈsɪks tin, -tɪn, -taɪn /

adjective

  1. Sistine.


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In 1890 he published a novel, Sixtine, a sort of diary of a very complicated mind which believes itself to be in love, but cannot be quite sure.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund

Sixtine deals with the adventures of a masculine brain.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

Secondly, no musical instruments are ever used in the Sixtine.

From Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

It is practically in one volume, as the paging is continuous throughout.86.He gives a long list of the variations between the Sixtine and Clementine Bibles; Vercellone estimated their number at 3,000.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Gourmont now achieved a single English reader, for Sixtine was read by Henry James, but with more curiosity than approval.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund

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