(a loanword from Spanish)
an exercise, a religious exercise or meditation
(a loanword from Spanish/Latin)
(central Mexico, late sixteenth century; originally from Sahagún in 1574, a document that Chimalpahin copied)
Este exercicio halle entre los yndios, no se quien le hizo ni quien se le dio tenia muchas // faltas E incongruidades mas con verdad se puede dezir que se hizo de nueuo que no que se emendo. Este año de 1574 fray Bernardino de Sahagun- = I found this exercise among the Indians. I do not know who produced it, nor who gave it to them. It had many errors and incongruities. But in truth it may be said that it was done anew rather than that it was corrected. In this year of 1574. Fray Bernardino de Sahagún. (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)
Inin neiolnonotzaliztli yn teoyotica yxtlamachiliztli in itoca Exercicio = These meditations, the acts of spiritually doing things with prudence, which are called an Exercise (central Mexico, early seventeenth century)