Meanings
plural teocallis · alternative obsolete teucalli
- An Aztec temple.
And Aztec priests upon their teocallis / Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin.
1845, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Arsenal at Springfield1 more example
their Cazique or Lorde had ſente them, to ſee what Goddes were comen in thoſe Teucallis, that is to ſay, Temple
1578, Thomas Nicholas, The Pleasant Historie of the Conquest of the VVeast India, London: Henry Bynneman, translation of Historia general de las Indias by Francisco López de Gómara, page 62 - A Mesoamerican pyramid surmounted by a temple.
Origin
- Nahuatl[Term?]
- Spanishteocalli
- Englishteocalli
From Spanish teocalli, from a Nahuatl [Term?] language; compare Classical Nahuatl teohcalli.
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teocalli. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teocalli
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