Definitions for ROTAˈroʊ tə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ro•taˈroʊ tə(n.)(pl.)-tas.

  1. a roster.

  2. Chiefly Brit. a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.

    Category: British

  3. (cap.)

    Category: Religion

    Ref: Official name, Sacred Roman Rota.

Origin of rota:

1650–60; < L: wheel

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Rota(noun)

    (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts

  2. rota(noun)

    a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties

Wiktionary

  1. rota(Noun)

    A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.

  2. Origin: From rota.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rota(noun)

    an ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members

  2. Rota(noun)

    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

  3. Rota(noun)

    a species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music; -- written also rotta


Translations for ROTA

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

rota(noun)

a list showing duties that are to be done in turn, and the names of the people who are to do them.

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