Tepčija

Tepčija (Serbian Cyrillic: тепчија) was a court title of Croatia,[1] Serbia and Bosnia in the Middle Ages.

[6] "Veliki tepčija" took care of the royal estates.

[7] Tepčija had a similar office to that of the kaznac ,[7] and cared of all major feudal estates bar that which belonged to the Court.

[8] The Serbian court hierarchy at the time of king Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321) was as follows: stavilac, čelnik, kaznac, tepčija and vojvoda, the supreme title.

[9] In the Dečani chrysobulls of king Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31), the court dignitaries present at the Dečani assembly were the kaznac, tepčija, vojvoda, sluga and stavilac.