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teocalli
[ tee-uh-kal-ee, tey-uh-kah-lee; Spanish te-aw-kah-yee ]
noun
, plural te·o·cal·lis [tee-, uh, -, kal, -eez, tey-, uh, -, kah, -leez, te-aw-, kah, -yees].
- a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
teocalli
/ ˌtiːəʊˈkælɪ /
noun
- any of various truncated pyramids built by the Aztecs as bases for their temples
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Word History and Origins
Origin of teocalli1
1605–15; < Nahuatl, equivalent to teō ( tl ) god + calli house
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Word History and Origins
Origin of teocalli1
C17: from Nahuatl, from teotl god + calli house
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Example Sentences
The distribution of the Mexican teocalli and pyramid is also plainly traceable from the south.
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Great bonfires shot up from the teocalli, and they could see the savages swarming to overwhelm them.
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As it was, the survivors saw later three score of their comrades butchered upon the altar of the great teocalli.
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He was then conducted to a teocalli some three miles from the city of Mexico.
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Inside these were kept the idols of the gods to whom the teocalli was sacred.
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