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teotlamatiliztli.

Headword: 
teotlamatiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

divine wisdom (a neologism)

Susanne Klaus, Uprooted Christianity: The Preaching of the Christian Doctrine in Mexico, Based on Franciscan Sermons of the 16th Century Written in Nahuatl (Bonn: Bonner Amerikanistische Studien e. V. c/o Seminar für Völkerkunde, Universität Bonn, 1999), 251.

IPAspelling: 
teoːtɬɑmɑtilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

teotlamatiliztli. sabiduria diuina.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 101v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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