Prior

·adj The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.

II. Prior ·add. ·adj First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, ·etc.

III. Prior ·adj 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.

prior
prĭor and prĭus (old form also in neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris,...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
prior
prior neut. prius, ōris, adj.comp.(for sup.see primus) PRO-, former, previous, prior, first : me q...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Prior, Matthew
(1664-1721) Poet, b. near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, s. of a joiner who, having d., he was ed. by an...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
West Smithfield, Prior and Convent of
Qy. St. Bartholomew Priory or Charterhouse. Probably St. Bartholomew. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.