PRIOR
\pɹˈa͡ɪə], \pɹˈaɪə], \p_ɹ_ˈaɪ_ə]\
Definitions of PRIOR
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc.
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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 superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
By Oddity Software
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First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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Going before in time or order; previous.
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The head of a convent or monastery, next in rank below an abbot.
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Prioress.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Priority.
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One placed before others in rank or authority; the superior in a convent of monks, inferior to an abbot.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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