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tetlamacehuilia.

Headword: 
tetlamacehuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

one who does penance for another (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tetlamaceuilia
Alonso de Molina: 

tetlamaceuilia. el que haze penitencia por otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 108v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)