rota

[roh-tuh]

ro·ta

1[roh-tuh]
noun
1.
Chiefly British.
a.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
b.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
2.
a roster.
3.
Official name, Sacred Roman Rota. the ecclesiastical tribunal in Rome, constituting the court of final appeal.

Origin:
1650–60; < Latin: wheel

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Rota is always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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ro·ta

2[roh-tuh]
noun
rote2.

Ro·ta

[raw-tah]
noun
Ni·no [nee-naw] , 1911–1979, Italian composer.
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rota (ˈrəʊtə)
 
n
chiefly (Brit) a register of names showing the order in which people take their turn to perform certain duties
 
[C17: from Latin: a wheel]

Rota (ˈrəʊtə)
 
n
RC Church the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for judging cases brought before the Holy See

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