prior

  • 61prior — / praɪə/ adjective earlier ♦ prior agreement an agreement which was reached earlier ♦ without prior knowledge without knowing before …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 62prior — n. a prior arrest. (Underworld.) □ This guy has about fifteen priors. □ Have you ever had a prior, young man? …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 63prior — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English & Anglo French; both from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin, administrator, from Latin, former, superior Date: before 12th century 1. the superior ranking next to the abbot of a monastery 2. the… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 64Prior, S. — S. Prior (17. Juni), irrige Leseweise für S. Pior. S.d. (Der Name Prisca, Priscilla bedeutet so viel als »die Alte«; dieselbe Bedeutung haben, mit Aenderung des Geschlechtes, Priscianus und Priscus.) …

    Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon

  • 65prior — adj. Prior is used with these nouns: ↑approval, ↑authorization, ↑claim, ↑commitment, ↑consent, ↑conviction, ↑engagement, ↑existence, ↑expectation, ↑experience, ↑knowledge, ↑ …

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  • 66prior — Synonyms and related words: 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 …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 67Prior — Übername zu mhd. pror »Prior eines Klosters« nach einem Dienst oder Abhängigkeitsverhältnis …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen

  • 68prior — m ( es/ as) a prior [L] …

    Old to modern English dictionary

  • 69Prior — Pri|or 〈m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: o|ren〉 1. Vorsteher eines Klosters 2. Stellvertreter eines Abtes [Etym.: mlat., »der Vordere, der dem Range nach höher Stehende« <lat. prior »eher, früher, vorzüglicher«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 70prior to — before. → prior …

    English new terms dictionary