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teopixcayotl.

Headword: 
teopixcayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

the priesthood, sacred order, or ecclesiastical dignity; or, the taking of Holy Orders (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
teoːpiʃkɑːyoːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

teopixcayotl. sacerdocio, orden sacra, o dignidad ecclesiastica.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 101r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TEŌPIXCĀYŌ-TL religious orders, priesthood / sacerdocio, orden sacra, o dignidad eclesiastica (M) [(2)Cf.53v]. See TEŌPIXQUI, -YŌ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 227.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)
Religion (Indigenous Christianty)
Religion (Indigenous)