Definition of prior Prior
/pɹajˈɚ/ - [prayer] - pri•or
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What does prior mean?
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NounPlural: priors |
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| prior - the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot | ||
| superior a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- prior (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. - prior (a.)
The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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prior
Of that which comes before. -
prior
Making a beginning but not being the real thing.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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prior
prī′or, adj. former: previous: coming before in time.—n. the head of a priory: (in Italy) formerly a chief magistrate:—fem. Prī′oress.—ns. Prī′orāte, Prī′orship, the government or office of a prior: the time during which a prior is in office; Prior′ity, state of being prior or first in time, place, or rank: preference; Prī′ory, a convent of either sex, under a prior or prioress, and next in rank below an abbey. [L. prior, former, comp. from pro-, in front.]
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🔤- prior, noun, singular of priors.
- prior, adjective, not comparable.
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