capitalized[Medieval Latin, from Latin]: a tribunal of the papal curia exercising jurisdiction especially in matrimonial cases appealed from diocesan courts
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chiefly British
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: a fixed order of rotation (as of persons or duties)
Recent Examples on the WebThe drivable 18th ranks as the easiest par 4 on The Open rota. Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 29 June 2022 Suddenly moving from an official position while on a royal rota is the most cardinal of sins. Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 6 Apr. 2022 Native Americans, for example, have different names for the year’s rota of full moons, a technique partly designed to track the passage of time. Robin Andrews, Forbes, 26 May 2021 Turnberry, on Scotland's Ayrshire coast, is one of the finest venues on the Open Championship rota and has produced some of the most memorable finishes of the last 40-odd years. Eamon Lynch, Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2021 But the covid-19 world is one where hairdressers sterilise their scissors between cuts and offices allocate desks on a rota to maintain social distancing.The Economist, 20 June 2020 When childcare and school were canceled for her kids, ages three and six, Alice and her partner worked out a rota where each tried to fulfill their full-time work responsibilities, and took shifts of childcare. Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, 21 May 2020 Companies would be expected to shift their rotas so that offices are never full unnecessarily. Rob Picheta, CNN, 3 May 2020 Erol Koc runs a very small corner shop, Roj Supermarket, also in Waltham Forest, that employs four people on a rota to staff the single till. Cassie Werber, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2020 See More