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Adjektiivi

1. Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous.
2. More important or significant.
3. (Bayesian statistics) Chiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.

Adverbi

1. Chiefly followed by to: in advance, before, previously.

Substantiivi

1. (Bayesian statistics) A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
2. (Christianity) A high-ranking member of a religious house or religious order.
3. In an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy; a prior claustral.
4. (by extension) In the rationalsphere: a belief supported by previous evidence or experience that one can use to make inferences about the future.
5. (Canada, US, law enforcement, chiefly in the plural) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record.
6. The head of a priory, or some other minor or smaller monastery; a prior conventual.
7. The head friar of a house of friars.
8. The head of the Arrouaisian, Augustinian, and formerly Premonstratensian religious orders.
9. An honorary position held by a priest in some cathedrals.
10. A chief magistrate of the Republic of Florence (1115–1569) in what is now Italy.
11. The elected head of a guild of craftsmen or merchants in some countries in Europe and South America.
12. A person who is the earliest or most prominent in a field; the chief.
13. (business) The head of a company.