prior
prior
praÉĒɜr
praiēr
/pɚˈa‍ÉĒɐ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "prior"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ

happening or existing before something else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He had a prior engagement and could n't attend the meeting.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤāϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇ āϏāĻ­āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ

existed or occurred earlier in time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team reviewed the prior year's performance to identify areas for improvement.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ

more important or urgent than something else, often due to being first in time or order
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her prior rights to the land must be considered before any new development can take place.
āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āϘāϟāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϜāĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ

the head or leader of a religious order or community
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the abbot retired, the prior temporarily took over leadership of the monastery.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāϟ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāϠ⧇āϰ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāχāϰ, āĻŽāϠ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āϤāĻž

the second-in-command in a monastery, ranking just below the abbot
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the abbot fell ill, the prior took on more administrative duties within the monastery.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāϟ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāϰ āĻŽāϠ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧇āϰ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ

a previous arrest or conviction for a crime, indicating a history of legal offenses on someone's criminal record
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Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Because of his priors, he faced harsher penalties than a first-time offender would.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇, āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧀āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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