rota
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Rota
n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal
for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts
2: a roster of names showing the order in which people should
perform certain duties
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "rota":
account, agenda, annals, beadroll, cadastre, calendar, catalog,
census, census report, checklist, checkroll, chronicle,
correspondence, docket, documentation, dramatis personae,
head count, history, honor roll, inventory, jury list, jury panel,
letters, lineup, list, memorial, muster, muster roll, nose count,
order of business, pipe roll, poll, program, property roll,
questionnaire, record, recording, register, registry, relic,
remains, returns, roll, roll call, rolls, roster, scroll, table,
tax roll, token, trace, vestige
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