| 单词 | prior |
| 释义 | prior prior1 —priorly, adv. /pruy"euhr/, adj. 1. preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this. 2. preceding in importance or privilege. 3. prior to, preceding; before: Prior to that time, buffalo had roamed the Great Plains in tremendous numbers. n. 4. Informal. a prior conviction. [1705-15; < L: former, elder, superior (adj.), before (adv.); akin to PRIME, PRE-] Syn. 1. anterior, antecedent. prior2 —priorship, n. /pruy"euhr/, n. 1. an officer in a monastic order or religious house, sometimes next in rank below an abbot. 2. a chief magistrate, as in the medieval republic of Florence. [bef. 1100; ME, late OE < ML, LL: one superior in rank; n. use of prior PRIOR1] |
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