rota
see also: Rota
Pronunciation
Rota
Proper noun
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see also: Rota
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈɹəʊ.tə/
rota (plural rotas)
- (British) A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
- Italian: ruolino di marcia, calendario di lavoro, ruolino di servizio
- Spanish: horario con los turnos
rota (plural rotas)
- (musical instruments) A kind of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music.
Rota
Proper noun
- (Catholicism) A branch of the papal Curia which serves as an appellate court in ecclesiastical cases, including cases of marriage nullity.
- 1728, Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia, s.v. "Rota":
- The Rota consists of twelve Doctors, chosen out of the four Nations of Italy, France, Spain, and Germany.
- 1728, Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia, s.v. "Rota":
- (UK, historical or obsolete) A club established by James Harrington in 1659 to advocate term limits and rotation of government offices; other similar clubs of the era.
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