SISTINE CHAPEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sistine Chapel mean? 

• SISTINE CHAPEL (noun)
  The noun SISTINE CHAPEL has 1 sense:

1. the private chapel of the popes in Rome; it was built by and named after Sixtus IV in 1473

  Familiarity information: SISTINE CHAPEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SISTINE CHAPEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The private chapel of the popes in Rome; it was built by and named after Sixtus IV in 1473

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

chapel (a place of worship that has its own altar)

Holonyms ("Sistine Chapel" is a part of...):

capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)