| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Sis·tine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s s t n , s-stn |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also Six·tine ( skstn, -st n) |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of or relating to any of the five popes named Sixtus, especially Sixtus IV (1414–1484; reigned 1471–1484) and Sixtus V (1520–1590; reigned 1585–1590). 2. Of or relating to the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian sistino, from New Latin sixtnus, from Medieval Latin Sixtus, the name of several popes, from Latin Sextus, Roman praenomen, from sextus, sixth. See sext.
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