rota
noun
- Chiefly Brit. a roster, esp. one listing the rotation of duties
- R.C.Ch. an ecclesiastical court of appeal in Rome, as for matrimonial cases
See rota in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rōˈtə)
noun- Chiefly British A roll call or roster of names.
- Chiefly British A round or rotation of duties.
- Rota Roman Catholic Church A tribunal of prelates that serves as an ecclesiastical court.
(rōˈtə, -tä)
An island of the western Pacific Ocean in the southern Mariana Islands north of Guam. The Japanese used it as a base for their attack on Guam on December 8-11, 1941. Rota remained in Japanese hands until the end of the war.
Related Forms:
- Roˌta·neseˈ (-nēzˈ, -nēsˈ) adjective & n.
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