- preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
- preceding in importance or privilege.
- a prior conviction.
- preceding; before: Prior to that time, buffalo had roamed the Great Plains in tremendous numbers.
- an officer in a monastic order or religious house, sometimes next in rank below an abbot.
- a chief magistrate, as in the medieval republic of Florence.
- English poet.
- previous; preceding
- before; until
- a prior probability
- the superior of a house and community in certain religious orders
- the deputy head of a monastery or abbey, ranking immediately below the abbot
- (formerly) a chief magistrate in medieval Florence and other Italian republics
- Matthew. 1664–1721, English poet and diplomat, noted for his epigrammatic occasional verse
