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(a loanword from Spanish)
altar, whether in a church, or in a home (see attestations)
inompa cah toaltar in tocapilla = there it is our altar . . . our chapel (Tula, 1570)
inonpa ythualco capilla onpacah altar = there [at the] patio chapel there is [an] altar (Tula, 1570)
omopepetlauh mecatl yn iquechtlan oquitlalli yc oquihualtititztia yn oncan fiscal yc niman altar mayor omotlancuaquetzato = stripped, with a rope placed at his neck, by which the fiscal there went pulling him until he knelt at the main altar. (central Mexico, 1612)
oc se artar = another altar (San Pablo Tepemaxalco, Toluca Valley, 1681)
yhuan chiquace candela tlatlaz [tlatiaz?] ipa tonpa auh ipa altar = And six candles will be burned on the tomb and on the altar (Saltillo, 1627)
Sant Migueltzin altal motlali opan quimoçehuilique yn totlaçonatzin Ocotla letanias opa tlanqui = se puso un altar en dirección a San Miguel. Allí descansaron a nuestra amada madre de Ocotlan, ahí terminaron las letanías. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
mochi ocçepa quixitinia yn capiliatzintzin oquichiuhca retablotin altartin = Todo otra vez desbaratan, las capillitas que habían hecho, los retablos, los altares. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
macuilca quitlalique altar yn caxtilteca y macuilcanixti tlatzotzoque yhuan cuicaque yhuan luhua quichiuhque ynic quimonochilique totlaçonatzin = En cinco lugares los castellanos pusieron altares y en los cinco lugares hubo música, cantaron e hicieron loas para invocar a nuestra amada madre (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)