Prior Meaning in Spanish

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1. (a.) First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc.
2. (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.
3. (a.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.

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

1. (n.) A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.

1. (pl. ) of Priory

1. (a.) Precedence; superior rank.
2. (a.) The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.

1. (adv.) Previously.

1. (n.) The state or office of prior; priorate.

1. (n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.