rota

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
2. 2
   A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A branch of the papal Curia which serves as an appellate court in ecclesiastical cases, including cases of marriage nullity.
2. 2
   A club established by James Harrington in 1659 to advocate term limits and rotation of government offices; other similar clubs of the era.
3. 3
   A surname from Italian.
4. 4
   A town in Andalusia, Spain.
5. 5
   An island of the Northern Mariana Islands.