Rota

[rәutә]

解释:

(noun.) a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties.

(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts.

编辑:波西亚--From WordNet

解释:

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

(n.) 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.

(n.) A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music; -- written also rotta.

巴尔托迪编辑

解释:

n. a wheel: a course: a school or military roll: an ecclesiastical tribunal in the R.C. Church consisting of twelve prelates called auditors having its seat at the papal court.—adj. Rō′tal.—n.pl. Rotā′lia the typical genus of Rotaliid small foraminifers of rotate figure.—adjs. Rotā′lian; Rotal′iform; Rō′taline.—n. Rō′talite a fossil rotalian.—adj. Rō′tary turning round like a wheel: rotatory: held in rotation.—v.t. Rō′tāte to turn anything round like a wheel: to cause to turn or to pass in rotation.—v.i. to turn round like a wheel: to go round in succession.—adj. wheel-shaped.—ns. Rotā′ting-ring a band of brass &c. placed round a projectile to give it rotation; Rotā′tion a turning round like a wheel: series or appropriate succession as of crops: recurrent order.—adjs. Rotā′tional Rō′tātive.—adv. Rō′tātively.—n. Rotā′tor any rotational agency: a muscle producing rotatory motion.—n.pl. Rotatō′ria the wheel-animalcules—also Rotif′era.—adjs. Rotatō′rial Rotatō′rian; Rō′tatory turning round like a wheel: following in succession.

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