calpulli

American  

[kal-pool-ee] / kælˈpʊl i /

noun

calpullis plural

1. History/Historical. a unit of social organization in pre-Columbian Aztec society consisting of an extended family or other group with shared interests who lived close together and shared some land rights or tribute responsibilities.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• calpullis
  plural

Example Sentences

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calpulli calpullis

Therefore the chiefs and their families, although they could not, from the nature of their duties, till the land themselves, still could remain entitled to their share of 'tlalmilpa' as members of the calpulli.

From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.

They also had the name of calpulli, and until now this property has been respected.

From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.

If, however, any calpulli weakened, through loss of numbers from any cause whatever, it might farm out its area to another similar group, deriving subsistence from the rent.

From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.

The same occurred if the family enjoying its possession removed from the calpulli.

From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.

That the smaller subdivisions were those who held the soil, and not the four original groups, must be inferred from the fact that the ground was attached to the calpulli.

From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.

There were twenty clans, called in the Nahuatl language "calpullis."

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John

The calpullis, families or quarters, are very common in each province.

From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.

Among the lands which were given to the chefs of the second class there were also calpullis.

From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.