the person who is entrusted with taking care of the church; or, the owner of the church (see Molina); plural = teopaneque
Alonso de Molina:
teopane. el que tiene cargo dela yglesia, o el dueño dela yglesia. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 101r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
teopaneque. los dueños, o que tienen cargo de la yglesia. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 101r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.