Word of the Day 02/27/23 Teocalli
Teocalli (noun)
teocalli [ tee-uh-kal-ee, tey-uh-kah-lee; Spanish te-aw-kah-yee ]
noun, plural te·o·cal·lis [tee-uh-kal-eez, tey-uh-kah-leez; Spanish te-aw-kah-yees].
1. a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
ORIGIN: 1605–15; < Nahuatl, equivalent to teō(tl) god + calli house
HOW TO USE TEOCALLI IN A SENTENCE
The distribution of the Mexican teocalli and pyramid is also plainly traceable from the south.
SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820|HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT
Great bonfires shot up from the teocalli, and they could see the savages swarming to overwhelm them.
THE SPANISH PIONEERS|CHARLES F. LUMMIS
As it was, the survivors saw later three score of their comrades butchered upon the altar of the great teocalli.
THE SPANISH PIONEERS|CHARLES F. LUMMIS
He was then conducted to a teocalli some three miles from the city of Mexico.
THE MYTHOLOGIES OF ANCIENT MEXICO AND PERU|LEWIS SPENCE
Inside these were kept the idols of the gods to whom the teocalli was sacred.
THE MYTHOLOGIES OF ANCIENT MEXICO AND PERU|LEWIS SPENCE
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
teocalli [ tee-uh-kal-ee, tey-uh-kah-lee; Spanish te-aw-kah-yee ]
noun, plural te·o·cal·lis [tee-uh-kal-eez, tey-uh-kah-leez; Spanish te-aw-kah-yees].
1. a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
ORIGIN: 1605–15; < Nahuatl, equivalent to teō(tl) god + calli house
HOW TO USE TEOCALLI IN A SENTENCE
The distribution of the Mexican teocalli and pyramid is also plainly traceable from the south.
SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820|HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT
Great bonfires shot up from the teocalli, and they could see the savages swarming to overwhelm them.
THE SPANISH PIONEERS|CHARLES F. LUMMIS
As it was, the survivors saw later three score of their comrades butchered upon the altar of the great teocalli.
THE SPANISH PIONEERS|CHARLES F. LUMMIS
He was then conducted to a teocalli some three miles from the city of Mexico.
THE MYTHOLOGIES OF ANCIENT MEXICO AND PERU|LEWIS SPENCE
Inside these were kept the idols of the gods to whom the teocalli was sacred.
THE MYTHOLOGIES OF ANCIENT MEXICO AND PERU|LEWIS SPENCE
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.