teopixcayotl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From teōpixqui (“priest”) +‎ -yōtl (“forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [te.oː.piʃˈkaː.joːt͡ɬ]

Noun

teōpixcāyōtl (inanimate)

(Catholicism) priesthood
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 219v:
  Sacerdocio.teopixcayotl.
  Priesthood. teopixcayotl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 101r. col. 2:
  Teopixcayotl. sacerdocio, orden ſacra, o digni- / dad eccleſiaſtica.
  Teopixcayotl. priesthood, a religious order or ecclesiastical dignity.

Related terms

teōpixcānemiliztli

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