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Tlenamacac
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The tlenamacac (fire giver, incense offerer) was an Aztec priestly office responsible for the offering of incense before the temple images at fixed hours through the day and night, one of the defined ranks of the priesthood described by Sahagun's Nahua informants alongside broader terms such as tlamacazqui for a priest in general.
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Status TodayHistorical; not practised continuously 1 Current StatusExtinct with the Spanish conquest and forced Christianization of central Mexico in the sixteenth century. 1 Significance
Sacred RoleLiterally he who gives fire, a general Aztec term for an ordained priest who performed offerings and incense rites; priests trained for the role in the calmecac schools attached to major temples. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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