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tlatocateopixqui.

Headword: 
tlatocateopixqui.
Principal English Translation: 

a ruler-priest, i.e. a priest at the top of the hierarchy, such as a bishop or an archbishop (see Bartolomé de Alva)

Attestations from sources in English: 

In yehuantzitzin, tlatocateopixque Obispos, yhuan Arçobispos = those who are ruler-priests (the bishops and archbishops)
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 145.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

In yehuantzitzin, tlatocateopixque Obispos, yhuan Arçobispos = A Los Obispos, y Arçobispos
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 144–145.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)