teocalli

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/ˌteɪ.əˈkɑ.li//ˌti-//-oʊ-//-kæ-/

noun

An Aztec temple.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounteocalli (plural teocallis)

plural teocallis · alternative obsolete teucalli

  1. 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 Springfield
    1 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
  2. A Mesoamerican pyramid surmounted by a temple.

Origin

  1. Nahuatl[Term?]
  2. Spanishteocalli
  3. Englishteocalli

From Spanish teocalli, from a Nahuatl [Term?] language; compare Classical Nahuatl teohcalli.

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APA

teocalli. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teocalli

MLA

“teocalli.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teocalli. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teocalli,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teocalli.

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