Rota

Webster's Dictionary

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

(2): ( n.) 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.

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

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

in Lapp mythology, was an evil god of hell, the ruler of the place of punishment for the souls of transgressors.