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tlatlacolpolihuiliztli.

Headword: 
tlatlacolpolihuiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the forgiveness of sins (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatlacolpoliuiliztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtɬɑkoːlpoliwilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatlacolpoliuiliztli. remission o perdon de pecados.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 137r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

tlatlacolpoliuiliztli = the forgiveness of sins
Fray Alonso de Molina, 1546 (Códice Franciscano, 35–6); translation by Mark Z. Christensen, "Nahua and Maya Catholicisms: Ecclesiastical Texts and Local Religion in Colonial Central Mexico and Yucatan," Ph.D. Dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, 2010, Appendix B, 2.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)