rota
/ˈrəʊtə
/noun
1British A list showing when each of a number of people has to do a particular job: a cleaning rota...Compare with roster.
- The post was found hours later by a dog owner and police traced the temporary worker from staff rotas at the sorting office.
- The rota was a print out of the weekly schedule fastened to a clipboard.
- The review will look at the different ways in which the public can access services, including GP cooperatives, commercial services, and practice rotas.
Synonyms
roster, list, schedule, register, timetable, calendar
2 (the Rota) The supreme ecclesiastical and secular court of the Roman Catholic Church.While the Austrians stepped up their pressure on the pope, Francesco pursued the issue through a papal court, the Rota, in April 1726....
- He carried with him a clarification from the Rota, that if the court's decision withstood appeal, it allowed Francesco to place Cornelia in a convent of his choosing.
- In February, the Rota ruled in his favor, declaring that the guardianship and the education of Cornelia Costanza belonged to Francesco.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin, literally 'wheel'.
Rhymes
- sphalerite
- sphene
- sphenoid
- sphenoidal
- sphenoid bone
- sphenopsid
- Sphenopsida
- spheral
- sphere
- -sphere
- sphere of influence (or interest)
- spheric
- spherical
- spherical aberration
- spherical angle
- spherical coordinates
- spherically
- spherical polar coordinates
- spherical triangle
- spherical trigonometry
- sphericity
- spheroid
- spheroidal
- spheroidicity
- spheroplast