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monumento.
(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
monumento.
Principal English Translation:
a religious structure related to Easter; a wooden monument upon which to hold Mass (a loanword from Spanish)
Attestations from sources in English:
"The monumento was a church-like edifice of wood, essentially a catafalque for very grand funerals, that was set up in front of the main altar for Easter and the death of kings or viceroys; here it would mean the one for Easter, or in this case no doubt a cofradía devoted to it."
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
hueyx in munomento yhua[n] moch tilmatli in micuillo in quauhtlamamatlatl ypan moçouh yhuan in tlamac angelesme y[n] micuilloque = se agrandó el monumento y todas las mantas se pintaron, las que se tendieron sobre las escaleras de madera y a los lados se pintaron ángeles. (ca. 1582, México)