Synonyms for
prior
Coming before in order or time
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All Definitions for Prior

Below are all the dictionary definitions of prior:

1Coming before in order or time
2Earlier, former, previous.
3More important or significant.
4Chiefly followed by to: in advance, before, previously.
5Chiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
6A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
7In the rationalsphere: a belief supported by previous evidence or experience that one can use to make inferences about the future.
8A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record.
9A high-ranking member of a religious house or religious order.
10In an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy
11A prior claustral.
12The head of a priory (“a monastery which is usually a branch of an abbey”), or some other minor or smaller monastery
13A prior conventual.
14The head friar of a house of friars.
15The head of the Arrouaisian, Augustinian, and formerly Premonstratensian religious orders.
16An honorary position held by a priest in some cathedrals.
17A chief magistrate of the Republic of Florence (1115–1569) in what is now Italy.
18The elected head of a guild of craftsmen or merchants in some countries in Europe and South America.
19A person who is the earliest or most prominent in a field
20The chief.
21(business) The head of a company.
22An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri, United States.
23A surname originating as an occupation for someone employed by a prior.

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Common synonyms for prior. These words share similar meanings and can often be used interchangeably depending on context.

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