teohcalli

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Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

(Tlaxcala): teokal

Noun

teohcalli

temple.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

teocalli, teucalli (obsolete or historical spellings)

Etymology

From a glottalized form of teōtl (“God”) +‎ calli (“a house; building”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

teohcalli inan (teohcalli plural, teohcalli)

(colonial, Catholicism) (it is) a church; a church house.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 146v:
  Ygleſia.lo meſmo vel,teopã.teopantli.teocalli.teopancalli.
  A church building. the same as teopã.teopantli.teocalli.teopancalli.
- ibid., f. 233r.
  Templo. teucalli teupantli
  A temple. teoualli. teupantli

Synonyms

iglesia, teopan, teopancalli, teopantli

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