rota

noun

1. (Ireland, UK)A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.

   “on a rota basis”

   “[The manager] instituted a rota for having the players attend supporters’ club meetings throughout the season, telling them it was part of the job of being a footballer.”

2. A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music.

   “Along the creek bed he came, plucking a rota, a zither of five strings with bone-yoke facings and a beaverskin carrying-bag thrown over his shoulder.”

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A branch of the papal Curia which serves as an appellate court in ecclesiastical cases, including cases of marriage nullity.

   “The Rota consists of twelve Doctors, chosen out of the four Nations of Italy, France, Spain, and Germany.”

2. (UK, countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable)A club established by James Harrington in 1659 to advocate term limits and rotation of government offices; other similar clubs of the era.
3. (countable)A surname from Italian.
4. (countable, uncountable)A town in Andalusia, Spain.
5. An island of the Northern Mariana Islands.