a sovereign command, a royal order; a pronouncement of a king or prince (see attestations); this may well be a neologism, a translation for a Spanish term (see attestations)
"This gave him [the Nahua playwright] the phrase sentencia divinidad, which he incorporated into his text. He paired it with tlatocatlanahuatili 'sovereign command,' a compound he may well have concocted as a Nahuatl parallel for the Spanish phrase."
Cappn Judio — Ca ynon yn ticaqui ynon tlatolin Ca senca yc titoyolalia yn tlatocatlanahuatili = Jewish Captain: those words that we're hearing, the royal command, are a great comfort to us.
éste mandato real (Estado de Hidalgo, ca. 1722?)