3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rota \Ro"ta\, n. (Mus.)
A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle
Ages in church music; -- written also {rotta}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Rota
n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal
for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts
[syn: {Rota}]
2: (British) a roster of names showing the order in which
people should perform certain duties
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