Prior \Pri"or\, n. [OE. priour, OF. priour, prior, priur, F.
prieur, from L. prior former, superior. See Prior, a.]
(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 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Conventical \Con*vent"ic*al\, a.
Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. ``Conventical
wages.'' --Sterne.
Conventical prior. See Prior.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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