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Meaning of Tlacaxipehualiztli | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. An Aztec religious festival.
  2. A month of the Aztec calendar.

Examples

“THere was an other kinde of ſacrifice which they made in divers feaſts, which they called Racaxipe Velitzli^([sic]), which is as much as the fleaing of men.”
“Tlacaxipeualiztli, the second Mexican month according to some authorities and the first according to others, began in 1521 on March 8th of our present calendar.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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