teocalli
Americannoun
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teocallis
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of teocalli
1605–15; < Nahuatl, equivalent to teō ( tl ) god + calli house
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Cholula, with its great teocalli, was the Mecca of Anahuac, and was veritably a land flowing with milk and honey.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
The be-cloaked unknown backed against the stout walls of the teocalli.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Elbridge Streeter Brooks
Not content with these matters, or, rather, urged by their religious fervour, the Spaniards obtained permission to erect an altar and crucifix in one of the sanctuaries of the great teocalli.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
Such an erection was called a teocalli or "abode of the gods."
From Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru by Albert R?ville
Hickman County had a teocalli, or temple, ten feet high, thirty feet wide, and four hundred and fifty feet long.
From Stories of Old Kentucky by Martha Grassham Purcell
The thunder, reverberating from the rocky amphitheatre of hills, bellowed over the waste of waters, and shook the teocallis and crazy tenements of Tenochtitlan—the few that yet survived—to their foundations.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Rossiter Johnson
The division led by Cortes made a fierce assault; and whilst the battle raged the Spaniards observed that the summit of one of the teocallis was in flames.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
So few of the ancient teocallis now remain, and these being nearly the only traces now existing of that extraordinary race, we regretted the more not being able to devote some time to their examination.
From Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca
The priests in the great teocallis, or temple pyramids, were beating the great drum of the war-god, Huitzilopocahtli.
From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Cyrus Townsend Brady
Scarcely waiting for his commands the Spaniards moved toward one of the principal teocallis, or temples, which rose high on a pyramidal foundation with a steep ascent of stone steps in the middle.
From The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West by Robert Edward Anderson
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