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tetlaocoliztli.

Headword: 
tetlaocoliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of showing mercy or compassion for others (see Molina)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Tetlaocoliztli, ‘acción de hacer misericordia a otro’, aducido como ‘indulgencia’. Molina traduce como miericordia. (centro de Mexico, s. XVI)
Ascensión Hernández de León-Portilla, “Un Prologo en náhuatl suscrito por Bernardino de Sahagún y Alonso de Molina” Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 29(1999), 199-208, example for page 207.

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