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prior (s) (noun), priors (pl)
1. Earlier in time or sequence: When Jasper invited Mary to his birthday party, she responded by saying, "Sorry, I would love to go, but I have a prior engagement."
2. More important or basic.
3. Before someone or something in time:Prior to her going to New York, she was in Berlin, Germany.
4. An officer in a monastery of a rank below an abbot.
5. A man who is superior in some religious communities.
6. A senior magistrate in some medieval Italian republics; especially, in Florence.
7. Etymology: from Medieval Latin prior, "superior officer or official".
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