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Cenyaotl.

Headword: 
Cenyaotl.
Principal English Translation: 

literally, entire war, but a personal name (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

a personal name given to a child born on the religious calendar day One Death (Ce Miquiztli) and placed under the patronage of the divine force of Tezcatlipoca
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing Wimmer 2004, who cites the Florentine Codex, Book 4, f. 34, and Garibay, Llave del Náhuatl, 302. "Nom donné à un garçon né sous le signe ce miquiztli et placé sous le patronage de Tezcatlipoca." Translated here from the French to English by Stephanie Wood.

See also: 
tonalpohualli.