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1.AdjectiveComing before in order or time; earlier, former, previous."His prior residence was smaller than his current one.; I had no prior knowledge you were coming."
2.AdjectiveMore important or significant.
3.AdjectiveChiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
4.AdverbChiefly followed by to: in advance, before, previously."The doctor had known three months prior."
5.NounA prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
6.NounIn the rationalsphere: a belief supported by previous evidence or experience that one can use to make inferences about the future.
7.NounA previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record.
8.NounA high-ranking member of a religious house or religious order.
In an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy; a prior claustral.":"
9.NounIn an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy; a prior claustral.":"
10.NounThe head of a priory (“a monastery which is usually a branch of an abbey”), or some other minor or smaller monastery; a prior conventual.
11.NounThe head friar of a house of friars.
12.NounThe head of the Arrouaisian, Augustinian, and formerly Premonstratensian religious orders.
13.NounAn honorary position held by a priest in some cathedrals.
14.NounA chief magistrate of the Republic of Florence (1115–1569) in what is now Italy.
The elected head of a guild of craftsmen or merchants in some countries in Europe and South America.
15.NounA chief magistrate of the Republic of Florence (1115–1569) in what is now Italy.
16.NounThe elected head of a guild of craftsmen or merchants in some countries in Europe and South America.
17.NounA person who is the earliest or most prominent in a field; the chief.
The head of a company.
18.NounA person who is the earliest or most prominent in a field; the chief.
19.NounThe head of a company.