- 1. a. Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage. Source: opted
- 2. a. The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity. Source: opted
- 3. adj. earlier in time Source: wordnet
- 4. n. the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot Source: wordnet
- 5. Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage. The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity. Conventical, or Conventual, prior, a prior who is at the head of his own house. See the Note under Priory. -- Claustral prior, an official next in rank to the abbot in a monastery; prior of the cloisters. Source: webster
- 6. Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior;previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- usedelliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in thetime] prior to his marriage. Source: adambom
- 7. i:60/r:4/j:34/n:2 n. the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot Source: ecdict
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