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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Conventual \Con*ven"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [LL. conventualis: cf.
F. conventuel.]
Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. ``A conventual
garb.'' --Macaulay.
Conventual church, a church attached or belonging to a
convent or monastery. --Wordsworth.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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