Meaning of rota | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A branch of the papal Curia which serves as an appellate court in ecclesiastical cases, including cases of marriage nullity.
   countable, uncountable
2. An island of the Northern Mariana Islands.
3. A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
   Ireland, UK
4. A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music.
5. A club established by James Harrington in 1659 to advocate term limits and rotation of government offices; other similar clubs of the era.
   UK, countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable
6. A surname from Italian.
   countable
7. A town in Andalusia, Spain.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[The manager] instituted a rota for having the players attend supporters’ club meetings throughout the season, telling them it was part of the job of being a footballer.”

“Along the creek bed he came, plucking a rota, a zither of five strings with bone-yoke facings and a beaverskin carrying-bag thrown over his shoulder.”

“The Rota consists of twelve Doctors, chosen out of the four Nations of Italy, France, Spain, and Germany.”

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