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A branch of the papal Curia which serves as an appellate court in ecclesiastical cases, including cases of marriage nullity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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A club established by James Harrington in 1659 to advocate term limits and rotation of government offices; other similar clubs of the era.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable
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name
A surname from Italian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
A town in Andalusia, Spain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
An island of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK
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noun
A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: roll, roster
noun
(Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: court, tribunal, judicature
History
From Italian Rota, from Latin Rota, from Latin rota (“wheel”).
Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotor and ruote.
Across languages
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