āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
prior
01
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§, āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§āϰ
happening or existing before something else
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He had a prior engagement and could n't attend the meeting.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāϤāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏ⧠āϏāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĻŋāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team reviewed the prior year's performance to identify areas for improvement.
āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻāύā§āύāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻāϰā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĻŽāĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§, āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ
more important or urgent than something else, often due to being first in time or order
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her prior rights to the land must be considered before any new development can take place.
āϝā§āĻā§āύ⧠āύāϤā§āύ āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āĻāĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
01
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ
the head or leader of a religious order or community
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the abbot retired, the prior temporarily took over leadership of the monastery.
āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāϏāϰ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻ ā§āϰ āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
1.1
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻāϰ, āĻŽāĻ ā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āύā§āϤāĻž
the second-in-command in a monastery, ranking just below the abbot
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the abbot fell ill, the prior took on more administrative duties within the monastery.
āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰā§, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāϰ āĻŽāĻ ā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāϰāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻŋāĻ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧā§āϰ āϰā§āĻāϰā§āĻĄ
a previous arrest or conviction for a crime, indicating a history of legal offenses on someone's criminal record
Dialect
American
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Because of his priors, he faced harsher penalties than a first-time offender would.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āϰā§āĻāϰā§āĻĄ āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§, āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āĻļāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
priorly
prior
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