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achcauhcalli.
Headword:
achcauhcalli.
Principal English Translation:
the house of the ruler's executioners (see Sahagún)
Attestations from sources in English:
Achcauhcalli vncan catca in achcacauhti in tiacahoan in jtemjcticaoan catca tlatoanj = Achcauhcalli: there were the constable, the brave warriors who were the ruler's executioners (central Mexico, sixteenth century)