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Tecuachcauhtli.

Headword: 
Tecuachcauhtli.
Principal English Translation: 

the highest lord, a title
Pedro Carrasco, "La Sociedad Mexicana antes de la Conquista," in Historia de México, vol. 1 (México: Colegio de México, 1976), 231.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents Tecuachcauhtli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"el título del señor principal era tecuachcauhtli, 'el mayor señor'"
Pedro Carrasco, "La Sociedad Mexicana antes de la Conquista," in Historia de México, vol. 1, México: Colegio de México.