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tepoz tlemaitl.

Headword: 
tepoz tlemaitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a metal censer or the like (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuz tlemaitl, tepoztlemaitl
Alonso de Molina: 

tepuz tlemaitl. badil, o cosa semejante.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 104v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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Fire, Tobacco, Incense
Metals, Mining
Religion (Christian)
Religion (Indigenous Christianty)