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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_161248" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_161248" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (a.) First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc. </p> <p> (2): (a.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity. </p> <p> (3): (a.) 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. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' a.) First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' a.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' a.) 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. </p> | ||
== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20335" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20335" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 21:54, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc.
(2): ( a.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
(3): ( a.) 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.
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [2]
The head of a convent; next in dignity to an abbot.
