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Ro·ta

(rō′tə, -tä)

An island of the western Pacific Ocean in the southern Mariana Islands north of Guam. The Japanese used it as a base for their attack on Guam, December 8-11, 1941. Rota remained in Japanese hands until the end of the war.

Ro′ta·nese′ (-nēz′, -nēs′) adj. & n.

ro·ta

(rō′tə)

1. Chiefly British A roll call or roster of names.

2. Chiefly British A round or rotation of duties.

3. Rota Roman Catholic Church A tribunal of prelates that serves as an ecclesiastical court.

[Latin, wheel; see ret- in Indo-European roots.]

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rota

(ˈrəʊtə)

chiefly Brit a register of names showing the order in which people take their turn to perform certain duties

[C17: from Latin: a wheel]

Rota

(ˈrəʊtə)

(Roman Catholic Church) RC Church the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for judging cases brought before the Holy See

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ro•ta

(ˈroʊ tə)

n., pl. -tas.

1. a roster.

2. Chiefly Brit. a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.

3. (cap.) Official name, Sacred Roman Rota. an ecclesiastical tribunal in Rome, constituting the court of final appeal.

[1650–60; < Latin: wheel]

Rota

a rotation of persons undertaking some duty or form of work; a list of such persons.

Examples: rota of qualified jurors, 1878; of people.

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Noun	1.	Rota - (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy court, judicature, tribunal - an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
	2.	rota - a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties roster, roll - a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

rota

noun schedule, list, calendar, timetable, roster the washing-up rota

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Translations

قائِمَة أسْماء

rozpis služeb

turnusliste

Dienstplan

szolgálati beosztás jegyzéke

verkefnalisti

lista dei turni di servizio

grafiks

turnusliste

rozpis služieb

görev listesinöbet cetveli

值勤人员表值班表

rota

[ˈrəʊtə] N (esp Brit) → lista f (de tareas)

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rota

[ˈrəʊtə] n → tableau m de service
on a rota basis → par roulement

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rota

(Brit) → Dienstplan m

(Eccl) Rota → Rota f

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Rota

[ˈrəʊtə] n (Rel) the Rota → il Tribunale della Sacra Rota

rota

[ˈrəʊtə] n → tabella dei turni
on a rota basis → a turno

rota

(ˈrəutə) noun

a list showing duties that are to be done in turn, and the names of the people who are to do them.

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In some of the larger towns there are artels of a much more complex kind-- permanent associations, possessing large capital, and pecuniarily responsible for the acts of the individual members." The word "artel," despite its apparent similarity, has, Mr Aylmer Maude assures me, no connection with "ars" or "arte." Its root is that of the verb "rotisya," to bind oneself by an oath; and it is generally admitted to be only another form of "rota," which now signifies a "regimental company." In both words the underlying idea is that of a body of men united by an oath.

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"`The public is informed that on Wednesday, February 23d, being the first day of the Carnival, executions will take place in the Piazza del Popolo, by order of the Tribunal of the Rota, of two persons, named Andrea Rondola, and Peppino, otherwise called Rocca Priori; the former found guilty of the murder of a venerable and exemplary priest, named Don Cesare Torlini, canon of the church of St.

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More shocking is BCUHB's Corporate Risk Register since 2013: "There is a risk that maternity services are unsafe and unsustainable due to incomplete medical rotas and unresolved professional behaviours of Senior Staff.

In February 2015 every member of the Betsi Board voted to close maternity at YGC because all agreed the service was unsafe due to 25% of the obstetric rotas being provided by locum doctors.

Increased risk for mothers; LETTERS

SAY " A spokesman for the trust which runs the hospital said: "All rotas are compliant with European Working Time Regulations requirements and are signed off by trainees and the junior doctors' advisory team to confirm the meet both service and educational Go to echo.

The BMA, which represents doctors, has welcomed the payout and changes to the hospital's rota which, it said, should ensure tired doctors weren't compromising patient c are.

OVERWORKED JUNIOR DOCS GET PS40K PAYOUT; Working beyond shift time with no 'natural breaks'

FOUR out of 10 junior doctors are working on understaffed rotas, according to a poll out today.

"It is clear that it is an everyday experience for junior doctors to be working on inadequately-staffed rotas.

Understaffed junior docs struggling

THE Welsh Ambulance Service has defended its plan to alter staff rotas.

The emergency service wants to alter rotas to ensure there are sufficient resources to meet emergency calls at a time when the service is suffering from staff shortage.