one who is worthy of favors or grants (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
maceuale
Alonso de Molina:
maceuale. merecedor de mercedes. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 50v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.