teopixcayotl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From teōpixqui (“priest”) +‎ -yōtl (“forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te.oː.piʃˈkaː.joːt͡ɬ]

Noun

teōpixcāyōtl (inanimate)

1. (Catholicism) priesthood
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 219v:

     Sacerdocio.teopixcayotl.

     Priesthood. teopixcayotl.

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 101r. col. 2:

     Teopixcayotl. sacerdocio, orden ſacra, o digni- / dad eccleſiaſtica.

     Teopixcayotl. priesthood, a religious order or ecclesiastical dignity.

Related terms

• teōpixcānemiliztli