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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prior \Pri"or\, a.
First precedent, or superior in the order of cognition,
reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prior \Pri"or\, a. [L. prior former, previous, better, superior;
compar. corresponding to primus first and pro for See
{Former}, and cf {Prime}, a., and {Pre-}, {Pro-}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prior \Pri"or\, n. [OE. priour, OF priour, prior, priur, F.
prieur, from L. prior former, superior. See {Prior}, a.]
(Eccl.)
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
prior
adj : earlier in time [syn: {anterior}, {prior(a)}]
n : the head of a religious order in an abbey the prior is next
below the abbot
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