Precede vs. Prior

Precedeverb

(transitive) To go before, go in front of.

Precedeverb

(transitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.

Precedeverb

(transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).

Precedenoun

Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)

Precedeverb

To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.

Precedeverb

To go before in place, rank, or importance.

Precedeverb

To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; - used with by or with before the instrumental object.

Precedeverb

be earlier in time; go back further;

Precedeverb

come before;

Precedeverb

be the predecessor of;

Precedeverb

move ahead (of others) in time or space

Precedeverb

furnish with a preface or introduction;

Prioradjective

Advance; previous; coming before.

Prioradjective

Former, previous.

Prioradverb

(colloquial) Previously.

Priornoun

A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.

Priornoun

(historical) A chief magistrate in Italy.

Priornoun

A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.

Priornoun

(statistics) In Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution, one based on information or belief before additional data is collected.

Prioradjective

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.

Prioradjective

First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc.

Priornoun

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

Priornoun

a chief magistrate, as in the republic of Florence in the middle ages.

Priornoun

a prior conviction; - said of an accused criminal.

Priornoun

the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

Prioradjective

earlier in time

Prior

Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior, usually lower in rank than an abbot or abbess. Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior.