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Definition of prior

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Prior (a.) 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..

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Priority :: Priority (a.) Precedence; superior rank.

Preemptioner :: Preemptioner (n.) One who holds a prior to purchase certain public land.

Priorate :: Priorate (n.) The dignity, office, or government, of a prior..

Posterior :: Posterior (a.) Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior..

Priority :: Priority (a.) The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application..

Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.

A Posteriori :: A posteriori () Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning..

Anteriority :: Anteriority (n.) The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.

Probation :: Probation (n.) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor..

Senior :: Senior (a.) More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel..

Innate :: Innate (a.) Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See A priori, Intuitive..

Apriorism :: Apriorism (n.) An a priori principle.

Priories :: Priories (pl. ) of Prior.

Preengagement :: Preengagement (n.) Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract, promise, or affection..

Analogism :: Analogism (n.) an argument from the cause to the effect; an a priori argument.

Senior :: Senior (n.) One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade..

Prior :: Prior (a.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity..

Preadamic :: Preadamic (a.) Prior to Adam.

Caput :: Caput (n.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

Admission :: Admission (n.) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry..