sistine chapel

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the private chapel of the popes in Rome; it was built by and named after Sixtus IV in 1473
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sistine \Sis"tine\, a.[It. sistino.] Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus. [1913 Webster]

Sistine chapel, a chapel in the Vatican at Rome, built by Pope Sixtus IV., and decorated with frescoes by Michael Angelo and others. [1913 Webster]

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