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SISTINE CHAPEL
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I. (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)
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