Prior Synonyms & Definitions

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• PriorDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc.
2. (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.
3. (a.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.

• PrioryDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.

• PrioressDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.