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prior 音标拼音: [pr'ɑɪɚ] a. 更重要的,较早的,在先的
ad. 居先
n. 院长 更重要的,较早的,在先的居先院长 prior较先的 prior先 prior adj 1: earlier in time [ synonym: { anterior}, { prior( a)}] n 1: the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbotPrior \ Pri" or\, n. [ OE. priour, OF. priour, prior, priur, F. prieur, from L. prior former, superior. See { Prior}, a.] 1. ( Eccl.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity. [ 1913 Webster] 2. a chief magistrate, as in the republic of Florence in the middle ages. --[ RHUD] [ PJC] { Conventical prior}, or { Conventual prior}, a prior who is at the head of his own house. See the Note under { Priory}. { Claustral prior}, an official next in rank to the abbot in a monastery; prior of the cloisters. [ 1913 Webster]
Prior \ Pri" or\, n. a prior conviction; -- said of an accused criminal. [ informal] [ PJC]
Prior \ Pri" or\, a. [ L. prior former, previous, better, superior; compar. corresponding to primus first, and pro for. See { Former}, and cf. { Prime}, a., and { Pre-}, { Pro-}.] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 64 Moby Thesaurus words for " prior": ahead, ancient, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, before, chief, ci- devant, earlier, early, elder, erstwhile, ex, exordial, first, fore, foregoing, foremost, former, forward, heading, headmost, immemorial, inaugural, initiatory, last, late, latest, leading, old, olden, older, once, onetime, past, precedent, preceding, precessional, precurrent, precursory, preexistent, prefatory, prehistoric, preliminary, preludial, prelusive, preparatory, prevenient, previous, previous to, prime, primeval, primitive, prior to, proemial, propaedeutic, quondam, recent, senior, sometime, then, till, until, whilom
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