A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
A chief magistrate in Italy.
(law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.
In Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution, one based on information or belief before additional data is collected.
Advance; previous; coming before.
I had no prior knowledge you were coming.
Former, previous.
His prior residence was smaller than his current one.