the priesthood, sacred order, or ecclesiastical dignity; or, the taking of Holy Orders (see Molina and Karttunen)
IPAspelling:
teoːpiʃkɑːyoːtɬ
Alonso de Molina:
teopixcayotl. sacerdocio, orden sacra, o dignidad ecclesiastica. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 101r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
Frances Karttunen:
TEŌPIXCĀYŌ-TL religious orders, priesthood / sacerdocio, orden sacra, o dignidad eclesiastica (M) [(2)Cf.53v]. See TEŌPIXQUI, -YŌ. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 227.