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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].
  1. a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.


teocalli

/ ˌtiːəʊˈkælɪ /

noun

  1. any of various truncated pyramids built by the Aztecs as bases for their temples
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

Great bonfires shot up from the teocalli, and they could see the savages swarming to overwhelm them.

As it was, the survivors saw later three score of their comrades butchered upon the altar of the great teocalli.

He was then conducted to a teocalli some three miles from the city of Mexico.

Inside these were kept the idols of the gods to whom the teocalli was sacred.

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