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altepetl ichan.
Headword:
altepetl ichan.
Principal English Translation:
the house of the town; may refer to the support of the church and/or the residence of the local priest, given that this comes on the heels of a more specific statement about supporting the priests with food (Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, sixteenth century)
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
Yn altepetl ychan quiҫaz qualoz chicuacepa y yexpaixti in ipan pascuas yvan in ipan ilhuitzin corpus cristi yvan yn inetlecaviliz i ylhuitzin Sancta Maria ynitoca assuptio yvan yn iquac y ylhuitzin San Juan Baptista = Saldrá comida para la casa del pueblo seis veces, tres veces en las pascuas; en la fiesta de Corpus Christi; en la fiesta de la ascensión de Santa María que llaman Asunción y en la fiesta de San Juan Bautista. (Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, s. XVI)