Sistine

[ sis-teen, -tin, -tahyn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sistine¹

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

Example Sentences

While the production couldn’t shoot in the actual Vatican, Rossellini, Tucci and Lithgow visited the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican museums together.

From Los Angeles Times

Sam Butcher, the soft-spoken artist whose doe-eyed, pastel-hued porcelain Precious Moments figurines ignited a global collecting frenzy and made him a wealthy man, and whose Christian faith spurred him to build his own version of the Sistine Chapel in Carthage, Mo., died on May 20 at his home there.

From New York Times

Achyut was asked to spell the word “sistine.”

From Seattle Times

Derived from the Sistine Chapel, it’s an adjective meaning “a light blue color.”

From Seattle Times

“I’m sure when I was making my lists, I just assumed, ‘Oh, everybody knows the Sistine Chapel.’

From Seattle Times