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Teocalhueyacan.

a place name; Teocalhueyacan was the Otomi part of a mixed Nahua-Otomi cabecera called Tlalnepantla; formerly Teocahueyacan was an "Otomi sujeto of Tacuba." It was "variously classified as an estancia, a barrio, a cabecera, a parte, and a pueblo."

Charles Gibson, The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule, 1964, 56.

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teocalli tlachalilli.

to dedicate or premier a church (or temple)

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teocalli.

teohkɑlli

Orthographic Variants:

deocali, deocalli, teucalli, teocali

a temple or church (synonymous with teopan); or, something smaller, such as a chapel; or, a devotional building in a private residence

Caterina Pizzigoni, ed., Testaments of Toluca (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 2007), 235.

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teocalmamali.

teoːkɑlmɑmɑli

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teocalmamaliztli.

teoːkɑlmɑmɑlistɬi

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teocalmamalli.

teoːkɑlmɑmɑlli

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teocaltontli.

Orthographic Variants:

teucaltontli

a small chapel or a small church/temple (see Molina)

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teocaltototl.

teoːkɑltoːtoːtɬ

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Teochichimeca.

Orthographic Variants:

teuchichimeca

divine Chichimecs, Mexica ancestors (see attestations)

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teochihua.

teoːtʃiːwɑ

Orthographic Variants:

teochiua

to bless, to make sacred, to consecrate (as in a new religious building); to absolve; to pray (moteochihua)

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teochihualli.

something made sacred, a sacred thing; blessedness

Louise M. Burkhart, Holy Wednesday: A Nahua Drama from Early Colonial Mexico (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996), 197.

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teocholli.

a pile of rocks; a boulder
The pile of rocks comes from the "montones" translation for teocholli from Librado Silva Galeana, "Notahtzin itlalnamiquiliztzin: Un recuerdo de mi padre," a free download from: https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx. The boulder translation comes from the English translation in "Ten Folktales in Nahuatl," by Franz Boas and Herman K. Haeberlin, The Journal of American Folklore, 37:145/146 ( (Jul. - Dec., 1924), 345-370. See p. 349..

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