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noun(pri-or)

the superior ranking next to the abbot of a monastery

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noun(pri-or)

the superior of a house or group of houses of any of various religious communities

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adjective(pri-or)

earlier in time or order

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adjective(pri-or)

taking precedence (as in importance)

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biographical name(pri-or)

Matthew 1664—1721 English poet

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noun(pri-or)

knowledge that is publicly available (as from the description in an already existing patent, from publications, or from public use or sale) before the date of filing a claim for a patent for an invention

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noun(pri-or)

governmental prohibition imposed on expression before the expression actually takes place

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preposition(pri-or)

in advance of : before

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idiom(pri-or)

without having told the people involved

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