tenuto (tenoto)

[It., pp. of tenere, hold, tenzon (ten'zon), n. Same as tenson. teocalli (te-o-kal'i), n. [= Sp. teocalí, teucali, earth and stone or brick, used as a temple or place of worship by the Mexicans and other aborigines of America. They were generally solid four-sided truncated pyramids, built terrace-wise, with the temple proper on the platform at the summit. Many teocallis still remain in a more or le perfect state, as the so-called Pyramid of Cholula. Also teopan.