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noun

Rota n.

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

(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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... discharge are accompanied to the office of the Society by a warder in plain clothes. They are there received by the Secretary and the member of the Committee who, according to a fixed rota, attends daily for this purpose. The first step is to give them a plentiful breakfast of white bread, bacon and hot coffee. When this is finished they are invited to come forward and state their hopes and intentions as to the ...

— Crime and Its Causes • William Douglas Morrison

Words linked to "Rota" : court, Great Britain, roll, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, roster, Roman Church, Britain, U.K., judicature, Church of Rome