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tlacnopilhuilizatl.

Headword: 
tlacnopilhuilizatl.
Principal English Translation: 

water of grace and good fortune (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tlacnopilhuilizatl. agua de gracia y de bienauenturanza.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 118r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Bienaventuranza can mean bliss, divine vision, happiness, well-being, prosperity, etc.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

tlacnopilhuitzatl = agua de bienaventuranza (centro de Mexico, s. XVII)
Hernando Alvarado Tezozomoc, Relación del Origen de los Indios que Habitan Esta Nueva España segun sus Historias, 435.

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