prior — meaning in English

English meaning

• preceding adjective Coming right before something else in time, order, or position.
• previous adj Coming before the current one, in time or order.
• prior adj Coming before in time or order; earlier.

Senses

prior is used for these senses in English:

• preceding Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
• previous (not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
• prior Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
• prior In an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy; a prior claustral.

Related Latin words