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agnus dei.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
agnus dei.
Principal English Translation: 

Lamb of God
(a phrase from Latin)

Orthographic Variants: 
acnos tey
Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

centetl acnos tey mopie tliltic yn icaltzin ytetzinco pouhqui yn Santo Domingo = un anus [sic pro: agnua] de piedra prieta que hay, el que sirve a Santo Domingo, se guarde (Amecameca, 1625)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 168–169.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)