prior.
ancestors (pl.), forefathers, predecessors, people of an earlier time; superior/elder monk; (later) second in dignity to abbot/head of priory, prior;
Meaning & usage
former, prior, previous, earlier (preceding in time)
priore anno
priore aestate
the first, the original
in front
better, superior
abbot, prior
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *priōs, from earlier *prijōs, from *pri + *-jōs, thus the comparative degree of Old Latin *pri (“before”), from Proto-Italic *pri from Proto-Indo-European *préy (“before”).
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