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tecuhtlatoca icpalli.

Headword: 
tecuhtlatoca icpalli.
Principal English Translation: 

a platform or a throne, upon which judges sat (see Molina); literally, a seat for lordly-rulers (SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
tecutlatoca icpalli, teuctlatoca icpalli
Alonso de Molina: 

tecutlatoca icpalli. los estrados, donde juzgan o sentencian los oydores.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 93v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Legal Matters, Documents
Politics, Power, Governance
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites