'Sistine Chapel' definitions:
Definition of 'Sistine Chapel'
(from WordNet)
noun
The private chapel of the popes in Rome; it was built by and named after Sixtus IV in 1473
Definition of 'Sistine chapel'
From: 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]