1) Abbey biggie 2) Abovementioned 3) Antecedent 4) Anterior 5) Before 6) Coadjutor of an abbot 7) Conviction 8) Earlier 9) Earlier conviction 10) Earlier in time 11) Earlier offense 12) Earlier; previous 13) Ecclesiastical title 14) English boy name 15) English poet Matthew 16) Former 17) Former port in Puerto Rico
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1) Ago 2) Antecedent 3) Past 4) Preceding 5) Previous 6) Underlying
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Prior is an ecclesiastical title, derived from the Latin adjective for `earlier, first`, with several notable uses. ==Monastic superiors== A Prior (or Prioress for nuns) is a monastic superior, usually lower in rank than an Abbot or Abbess. In the Rule of St. Benedict the term prior occurs several times, but does not signify any particular super.....
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[Origin] Clubs and societies in Scotland. ...
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[brand] Prior is a brand name used by Nortura on its eggs and white meat (mainly chicken, hen and turkey). The brand dates back to 1977 when Norsk Eggcentral rebranded Sol-egg to Prior. The brand was owned by Prior Norge until 2006 when it merged with Gilde Norsk Kjøtt to form Nortura. ...
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• (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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The man in charge of a priory.
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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, sup...
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From the Latin prior, i.e. the first. In some communities it is the name given to the head of the community
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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; antec...
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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. ...
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Prior is a cultivated variety of potato.
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n] - the head of a religious order
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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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-derived from the Latin for `earlier, first`, (or prioress for nuns) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior, usually lower in rank than an abbot or abbess. Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. c/f Abbot above
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noun the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
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