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