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tecuhtlatoloyan.

Headword: 
tecuhtlatoloyan.
Principal English Translation: 

the high court, royal court, or the place where a judge adjudicates or passes sentences (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tecutlatoloyan
Alonso de Molina: 

tecutlatoloyan. lugar donde juzga o sentencia el juez, o audiencia real.
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