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1.nounA high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
2.nounA chief magistrate in Italy.
3.noun(law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.
4.nounIn Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution, one based on information or belief before additional data is collected.
5.adjectiveAdvance; previous; coming before."I had no prior knowledge you were coming."
6.adjectiveFormer, previous."His prior residence was smaller than his current one."
7.adverbPreviously."The doctor had known three months prior."