teocalli
/tee-uh-kal-ee, tey-uh-kah-lee; Spanish te-aw-kah-yee/US // ˌti əˈkæl i, ˌteɪ əˈkɑ li; Spanish ˌtɛ ɔˈkɑ yi //UK // (ˌtiːəʊˈkælɪ) //
特奥卡利
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural te·o·cal·lis [tee-uh-kal-eez, tey-uh-kah-leez; Spanish te-aw-kah-yees]. /ˌti əˈkæl iz, ˌteɪ əˈkɑ liz; Spanish ˌtɛ ɔˈkɑ yis/.
- : a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
Examples
The distribution of the Mexican teocalli and pyramid is also plainly traceable from the south.
Great bonfires shot up from the teocalli, and they could see the savages swarming to overwhelm them.
As it was, the survivors saw later three score of their comrades butchered upon the altar of the great teocalli.
He was then conducted to a teocalli some three miles from the city of Mexico.
Inside these were kept the idols of the gods to whom the teocalli was sacred.
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