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quequetzalcoa.

Headword: 
quequetzalcoa.
Principal English Translation: 

the ministers of the faith relating to Quetzalcoatl (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

quequetzalcoa. ministros de cierto ydolo que se llamaua quetzalcoatl.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 89r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yn oncan yc tipohui Teccalco ychan quetzalcoatecuitl = vivimos en Teccalco en la casa de quetzalcoatecuitli (Tlaxcala, 1562) [en la casa del señor encargado de la culta a Quetzalcoatl?]
Catálogo de documentos escritos en Náhuatl, siglo XVI, vol. I (México, Gobierno del Estado de Tlaxcala, 2013), 22.

themes: 
Religion (Indigenous)