Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. People (hierarchy name)
4. people (agents)
5. [people by occupation]
6. [people in the humanities]
7. [people in religion and related occupations]
8. people in religion

Anotations

Scope note:

Nahua priests. Literally, "one who guards the deities" in Nahuatl. Part of a complex group of ministers of worship, each of whom engaged in very specific tasks such as rites of incense, or sacrifice as well as activities related to the maintenance and offering of fire. All generally wore long hair, anointed their bodies with black charcoal pigment, and performed frequent penances such as fasting and self-sacrifice. Each type of priest had a specific name, while in the colonial period, missionaries used the term teopixqui to designate the office of a Christian priest.