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Definition of Prior
Pri´or | a. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc. | | n. | 1. | (Eccl.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity. | | 2. | a chief magistrate, as in the republic of Florence in the middle ages. | | 1. | a prior conviction; - said of an accused criminal. |
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