Prior vs. Preceding
Prioradjective
Advance; previous; coming before.
‘I had no prior knowledge you were coming.’;
Precedingadjective
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
‘On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.’;
Prioradjective
Former, previous.
‘His prior residence was smaller than his current one.’;
Precedingadjective
Going before; - opposed to following.
Prioradverb
(colloquial) Previously.
‘The doctor had known three months prior.’;
Precedingadjective
In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.
Priornoun
A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
Precedingadjective
existing or coming before
Priornoun
(historical) A chief magistrate in Italy.
Precedingadjective
preceding in time or order
Priornoun
A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.
Precedingadjective
of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office;
‘a retiring member of the board’;
Priornoun
(statistics) In Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution, one based on information or belief before additional data is collected.
Prioradjective
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.
Prioradjective
First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc.
Priornoun
The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
Priornoun
a chief magistrate, as in the republic of Florence in the middle ages.
Priornoun
a prior conviction; - said of an accused criminal.
Priornoun
the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
Prioradjective
earlier in time
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.
