Definitions for teocalli

teocalli te·o·cal·li

Spelling: [tee-uh-kal-ee, tey-uh-kah-lee; Teocalli is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 291 anagrams from letters in teocalli (aceillot).

Definitions for teocalli

noun

  1. a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.

Origin of teocalli

1605-15; Nahuatl, equivalent to teō(tl) god + calli house

Examples for teocalli

He was then conducted to a teocalli some three miles from the city of Mexico.

On an island, in the land of Aztlan, stands a teocalli, like the temples of worship in Mexico.

It was near the place where the great teocalli stood, and where the principal monuments of Mexico were.

In the midst arose the huge mound of the teocalli, menacing, formidable.

Inside these were kept the idols of the gods to whom the teocalli was sacred.

This pyramid, or teocalli is the most stupendous monument erected by the race.

Then he turned to view the teocalli, which he found not unworthy of his regard.

The Spaniards surround the teocalli and you will be killed or taken prisoner.'

But it always reminds me of a Mexican teocalli, and the altar of sacrifice.

Its form, like that of the other Mexican teocalli, was a truncated cone.

Word Value for teocalli
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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