Rota

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rota \Ro"ta\, n. [L. rota wheel. The name is said to allude to
     the design of the floor of the room in which the court used
     to sit, which was that of a wheel. See {Rotary}.]
     1. An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also {Rota
        Romana}, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It
        consists of twelve members.


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     2. (Eng. Hist.) A short-lived political club established in
        1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine
        of election of the principal officers of the state by
        ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of
        Parliament.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rota \Ro"ta\, n. (Mus.)
     A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle
     Ages in church music; -- written also {rotta}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Rota
       n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal
            for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts
       2: a roster of names showing the order in which people should
          perform certain duties

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "rota":
     account, agenda, annals, beadroll, cadastre, calendar, catalog,
     census, census report, checklist, checkroll, chronicle,
     correspondence, docket, documentation, dramatis personae,
     head count, history, honor roll, inventory, jury list, jury panel,
     letters, lineup, list, memorial, muster, muster roll, nose count,
     order of business, pipe roll, poll, program, property roll,
     questionnaire, record, recording, register, registry, relic,
     remains, returns, roll, roll call, rolls, roster, scroll, table,
     tax roll, token, trace, vestige