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tlalmomoztli.

Headword: 
tlalmomoztli.
Principal English Translation: 

an altar displaying an image of Christ Our Lord, Our Lady, of a saint, or of the Holy Cross, that is placed along roads so that passers can stop and pray (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlalmumuztli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlalmumuztli. altar de tierra, o humilladero.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 124r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)