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teopane.

Headword: 
teopane.
Principal English Translation: 

the person who is entrusted with taking care of the church; or, the owner of the church (see Molina); plural = teopaneque

Alonso de Molina: 

teopane. el que tiene cargo dela yglesia, o el dueño dela yglesia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 101r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

teopaneque. los dueños, o que tienen cargo de la yglesia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 101r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.