teocalli
noun
a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
teocallis
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pluralof teocalli.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In some of those earth-heaps, sufficient remains to show that when in a perfect state, they resembled the teocallis or terraced edifices of Mexico and Yucatan, though they were composed wholly of wood and earth.
From The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe by John Russell Bartlett
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
Traces of two large teocallis are just visible, and Mr. Bowring has some burial mounds in his grounds which will be examined some day.
From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Edward Burnett Tylor
Like the Mexicans and Central Americans, they had many of the smaller structures known as teocallis, and also large high mounds, with level summits, reached by great flights of steps.
From Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology by John D. (John Denison) Baldwin
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
