something that happens in front of people (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
teixtlatic. cosa que acaecio delante de otros. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 96r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.