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iusticia topilli.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
iusticia topilli.
Principal English Translation: 

the scepter, the staff of justice (see Molina) (partly a loanword from Spanish, justicia, justice)

Orthographic Variants: 
justicia topilli
Alonso de Molina: 

iusticia topilli. vara de justicia. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 44v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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