Prior vs. Preceding — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Prior and Preceding
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Prior
Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior, usually lower in rank than an abbot or abbess. Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior.
Preceding
Existing or coming before another or others
In preceding years.
On a preceding page.
Prior
Preceding in time or order
“[They] insist that foreign vessels seeking access obtain prior approval” (Seymour M. Hersh).
Preceding
Existing or coming immediately before another or others
The preceding year.
The preceding page.
Prior
Preceding in importance or value
A prior consideration.
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Preceding
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.
Prior
Usage Problem Before.
Preceding
Present participle of precede
Prior
A previous conviction or arrest
The suspect has two priors.
Preceding
Going before; - opposed to following.
Prior
A monastic officer in charge of a priory or ranking next below the abbot of an abbey.
Preceding
In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.
Prior
One of the ruling magistrates of the medieval Italian republic of Florence.
Preceding
Existing or coming before
Prior
Advance; previous; coming before.
I had no prior knowledge you were coming.
Preceding
Preceding in time or order
Prior
Former, previous.
His prior residence was smaller than his current one.
Preceding
Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office;
A retiring member of the board
Prior
(colloquial) Previously.
The doctor had known three months prior.
Prior
A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.
Prior
A prior probability distribution, one based on information or belief before additional data is collected.
Prior
A belief supported by previous evidence or experience that one can use to make inferences about the future.
Prior
A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
Prior
(historical) A chief magistrate in Italy.
Prior
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.
Prior
First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc.
Prior
The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
Prior
A chief magistrate, as in the republic of Florence in the middle ages.
Prior
A prior conviction; - said of an accused criminal.
Prior
The head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
Prior
Earlier in time
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