Look up: prior

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   Prior
   Prior is a township in Big Stone County Minnesota, USA
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   prior
   [n] - the head of a religious order
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   Prior
   The man in charge of a priory.
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   prior
   a refunded issue or an issue to be refunded in the future Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • debentures and loan stocks,whose interest is payable ahead of any dividends on share capital Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • income and charges relating to earlier years which are accounted for in the current year Category: Commerce - movement o...
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   Prior
   Pri'or adjective [ Latin prior former, previous, better, superior; compar. corresponding to primus first, and pro for. See Former , and confer Prime , adjective , and Pre- , Pro- .] Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptic ...
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   Prior
   Pri'or noun [ Middle English priour , Old French priour , prior , priur , French prieur , from Latin prior former, superior. See Prior , adjective ] (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 ...
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   Prior
   Pri'or adjective First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc.
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   prior
   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. ... Origin: OE. Priour, OF. Priour, prior, priur, F. Prieur, from L. Prior former, supe ...
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   prior
   noun the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
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    Prior
    `Prior` is a title, derived from the Latin adjective for 'earlier, first', with several notable uses.
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    Prior
    • (a.) First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc. • (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. ...
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    Prior
    Prior is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `servant of the priory` Prior,Pryor The name Prior doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Prior seems to be unique!
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    prior
    prior 1. Earlier in time or sequence; such as, a prior engagement. 2. More important or basic. 3. Before someone or something in time. 4. An officer in a monastery of a rank below an abbot. 5. A man who is superior in some religious communities. 6. A senior magistrate in some medieval Italian republics; especially, in Florence.
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