Found 4 items, similar to Prior.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: prior sebelumnya
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: prior dulu, lebih dulu
English → English (WordNet) Definition: prior prior n : the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot prior adj : earlier in time [syn: anterior, prior(a)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Prior Prior \Pri"or\, n. a prior conviction; -- said of an accused criminal. [informal] [PJC] Prior \Pri"or\, a. [L. prior former, previous, better, superior; compar. corresponding to primus first, and pro for. See Former, and cf. Prime, a., and Pre-, Pro-.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Prior \Pri"or\, n. [OE. priour, OF. priour, prior, priur, F. prieur, from L. prior former, superior. See Prior, a.] 1. (Eccl.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity. [1913 Webster] 2. a chief magistrate, as in the republic of Florence in the middle ages. --[RHUD] [PJC] Conventical prior, 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. [1913 Webster]