calmecac

noun

cal·​me·​cac

¦kälmā¦käk

plural -s

: an Aztec school that prepared the sons of nobles in the duties of priests and chiefs

—distinguished from telpuchcalli

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Nahuatl, from cal-, stem of calli "house" + meca-, stem of mecatl "rope, cord" + -c, -co, locative suffix

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