Associations to the word «Rota»

Wiktionary

ROTA, noun. (British) A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
ROTA, noun. (musici) A kind of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music.

Dictionary definition

ROTA, noun. (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts.
ROTA, noun. A roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley