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rota

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1. rota - Noun

2. Rota - Proper noun

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

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.

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

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Angela Levin, the author of Harry: Conversations with the Prince in 2018, appeared on ITV's Royal Rota last week where she claimed the Duke of Sussex has “changed enormously.” Source: Internet

After the award ceremony, those honoured are ushered out of the Ballroom into the Inner Quadrangle of Buckingham Palace, where the royal rota of photographers are stationed. Source: Internet

Alpert, 170 After shooting wrapped on 14 October, Nino Rota composed various circus marches and fanfares that would later become signature tunes of the maestro’s cinema. Source: Internet

But it seems a perversely fitting conclusion to a tumultuous year in which Rota has presided over Canada’s first-ever pandemic Parliament. Source: Internet

As vacancies arose, these were filled, as far as possible, on a provincial rota and according to national quotas of representatives of each province (much like the old States-General). Source: Internet

Extraliturgical public reading main In some Near and Middle Eastern Jewish traditions, the whole of Nevi'im (as well as the rest of the Tanakh and the Mishnah) is read each year on a weekly rota, usually on Shabbat afternoons. Source: Internet

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