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melahuacanemiliceque.

Headword: 
melahuacanemiliceque.
Principal English Translation: 

people who are holy and just, who lead a clean life; or, people who are sincere and without deceit, duplicity, dissimulation (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
melauacanemiliceque
Alonso de Molina: 

melauacanemiliceque. personas de buena vida assi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Behavior, Personality