a temple or church (synonymous with teopan); or, something smaller, such as a chapel; or, a devotional building in a private residence
noermano roque de luna quitemaCatias censexihuil Se libra Cera ypan teocali = my brother Roque de Luna is to go along providing a pound of wax candles every year for the temple. (Santa María Nativitas, Toluca Valley, 1737)
yecatococ deocali tepeticpac = the church at Tepeticpac was carried off by the wind
quixixini deocalli señor franco berdogo = señor Fracisco Verdugo demolished some churches.
ma quichihuacan yn teocalli nauhcampa tlamamatlayo yez. = Let them build a pyramid temple. There will be stairways to the four directions.
teucalli = pyramid temple (according to Sahagún, one of the names for the "houses of the devil");
yopico teucalli = the temple of Yopico (of Xipe Totec);
Colhvuacan teucalli = a replica of the Huitzilopochtli temple in Colhuacan (Culhuacan)
.iii. tochtl. xiuitl. Inic momamal yn iteocaltzin ȳ sanct juº bapᵗª. / yvā ōcā tiçacamoq̄ otlamaxallco = Three Rabbit year. At this time the church of San Juan Bautista was inaugurated. And we cleared ground for cultivation at Otlamaxalco.
quihueyli teocali yhuan quichiuh sacario ypan ylhuitzin Santissimo Sacramento yhuan ypan agosto quimaque buertatin ynic motzaqua teocali yhua mochiuh Santchistia yhuan quapetlaxacali = agrandó el templo e hizo el sagrario, en la fiesta del Santísimo Sacramento. Además, en agosto colocaron las puertas con las que se cierra el templo. Y se hizo la sacristía y el maderamen del techo. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
teocalli = templo o casa de Dios, está formado por teotl, Dios y calli, casa