necuatequilizteahpaztli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From necuātēquiliztli (“baptism”) + teahpaztli (“a stone basin”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
necuātēquilizteahpaztli inan (plural necuātēquilizteahpaztli)
- (Catholicism) (it is) a baptismal font.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 1, f. 96r. col. 1:
- Pila de baptizar. nequa atequilizteapaztli.
- A baptismal font. nequa atequilizteapaztli.