sacerdoteyotl
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From sacerdote (“a Catholic priest”) + -yōtl.
Pronunciation
- (Hispanicized) IPA(key): [sasérdoːˈté(ʔ)joːtl]
Noun
sacerdōteyōtl inan (plural sacerdōteyōtl)
- (it is) the sacrament of holy orders; the Catholic priesthood.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 91r. col. 2:
- Orden ſacra. ſacerdoteyotl. teopixcayotl.
Holy Orders. ſacerdoteyotl. teopixcayotl.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)