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tlaxilacalyacanqui.

Headword: 
tlaxilacalyacanqui.
Principal English Translation: 

a person who leads the tlaxilacalli; plural, tlaxilacalyacanque (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

the tlaxilacalyacanque included a former Juez Gobernador, the present gobernador, the teniente, and two alcaldes (all "dons") (Santa Barbara Xolalpa, Toluca city, 1702)
Stephanie Wood collection, notes from Nahuatl documents in the file "Bills of Sale," citing Archivo General del Estado de México, RPEM 6, exp. 10, ff. 4r.–5v.

tlaxilacalyacanque = the elders of the barrio; the list included one "don" and three more humble men (Toluca, 1722)
Stephanie Wood collection, notes from Nahuatl documents in the file "Bills of Sale," citing Archivo General del Estado de México, RPEM 6, exp. 10, f. 8r.

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