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Existing or coming before in time or order

Former or previous

Superseding others in importance or status

Mentioned earlier or higher on the same page

Belonging or happening near the beginning of a particular period

Existing in or as part of a tradition

A high-ranking member of a monastery

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars)

(informal, British) An existing criminal record

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Adjective

Existing or coming before in time or order

first mentioned

above-mentioned

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“I had no prior knowledge that he would be coming to the party.”

Adjective

Former or previous

in the good old days

in the olden days

of a former period

of an earlier time

once upon a time

down memory lane

ancient history

dead and buried

over and done with

sunk in oblivion

water over the dam

water under the bridge

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“Her prior residence was a little village in the boondocks.”

Adjective

Superseding others in importance or status

of greatest importance

of prime importance

highest ranking

of supreme importance

first and foremost

of greatest significance

at the leading edge

at the cutting edge

holding the reins

highly regarded

of the first rank

highest-ranking

beyond comparison

without parallel

greatest possible

in a class of its own

in the ascendancy

industry leading

greatest amount of

a cut above the rest

all-encompassing

top of the line

top of the range

one-in-a-million

picture-perfect

record-breaking

top-of-the-range

in a class of one's own

out-of-this-world

anti-democratic

without an equal

of the highest quality

recognizable^US

out of the ordinary

dream come true

recognisable^UK

vitally important

of great consequence

of the utmost importance

earth-shattering

top-of-the-line

plenipotentiary

without precedent

once-in-a-lifetime

in a class by itself

well thought of

beyond one's grasp

without blemish

never to be forgotten

not to be forgotten

full of get-up-and-go

no holds barred

stamped on your memory

fixed in the mind

out of this world

most influential

most illustrious

most noticeable

most significant

most favourable

most advantageous

most appropriate

most outstanding

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“The substance should be considered as prior to, and of more weight than, the accident.”

Adjective

Mentioned earlier or higher on the same page

“The prior graph illustrates that more gamers are playing Fornite than Call of Duty.”

Adjective

Belonging or happening near the beginning of a particular period

in anticipation of

meat-and-potatoes

rough and ready

unindustrialized

in an early stage

meat and potatoes

rough-and-tumble

rough-and-ready

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Adjective

Existing in or as part of a tradition

traditionalistic

archconservative

paleoconservative

ultraconservative

long-established

dyed-in-the-wool

middle-of-the-road

right of center

ultra-conservative

unreconstructed

counterrevolutionary

stick-in-the-mud

petit-bourgeois

counter-revolutionary

backward-looking

stick in the mud

set in one's ways

socially acceptable

anachronistical

behind the times

property-owning

of the old school

individualistic

well established

well-established

set in your ways

set in one's opinions

fixed in one's views

according to the book

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Noun

A high-ranking member of a monastery

“In former times, there were in larger monasteries, besides the prior and the sub-prior, also a third, fourth and sometimes even a fifth prior.”

Noun

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars)

Noun

(informal, British) An existing criminal record

previous conviction

criminal record

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