Prior
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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.