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Rota   /rˈoʊtə/   Listen
Rota

noun
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.





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"Rota" Quotes from Famous Books



... turned the wrong way, for luck. Lord David was a member of the Beefsteak Club, the Surly Club, and of the Splitfarthing Club, of the Cross Club, the Scratchpenny Club, of the Sealed Knot, a Royalist Club, and of the Martinus Scribblerus, founded by Swift, to take the place of the Rota, founded by Milton. ...
— The Man Who Laughs • Victor Hugo
... well-armed pages, he remained open-mouthed, like a dog in the act of catching flies, at the sight of sweet countenance that so much inflamed him. The secretary of a Monseigneur, a gentleman of Perigord, having clearly explained to him that the Fathers, procureurs, and auditors of the Rota bought by certain presents, not relics or indulgences, but jewels and gold, the favour of being familiar with the best of these pampered cats who lived under the protection of the lords of the Council; the poor Touranian, all simpleton and innocent as he was, ...
— Droll Stories, Volume 1 • Honore de Balzac


Words linked to "Rota" :   Britain, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Catholic, roll, Roman Church, judicature, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Western Church, roster, U.K., tribunal, United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, court


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