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- distributed to the nobility, be they 'kings' (tlatoque), lesser rulers (teteuctin), or provincial nobility (pipiltin). The Nahuas supervised the tribute...
- council of between 50 and 200 chief political officials (teuctli [sg.], teteuctin [pl.]). These officials gained their positions through service to the...
- impressed the nobles with their martial prowess, and were treated as nobles. Teteuctin were the highest class, rulers of various parts of the empire, including...
- one Sahagún calls "****tznahuac teohua omacatl". Others were the calmeca teteuctin who were allowed to eat the ritual food offered to Tezcatlipoca, still...
- Some sources describe the Pipiltin as the offspring of tlahtohqueh and teteuctin, which were different social classes within the ruling nobility. The name...