Exact Match:
- prior
- the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
Synonyms:
- ahead,
- ancient,
- antecedent,
- anterior,
- anticipatory,
- before,
- chief,
- ci-devant,
- earlier,
- early,
- elder,
- erstwhile,
- ex,
- exordial,
- first,
- fore,
- foregoing,
- foremost,
- former,
- forward,
- heading,
- headmost,
- immemorial,
- inaugural,
- initiatory,
- last,
- late,
- latest,
- leading,
- old,
- olden,
- older,
- once,
- onetime,
- past,
- precedent,
- preceding,
- precessional,
- precurrent,
- precursory,
- preexistent,
- prefatory,
- prehistoric,
- preliminary,
- preludial,
- prelusive,
- preparatory,
- prevenient,
- previous,
- previous to,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- prior to,
- proemial,
- propaedeutic,
- quondam,
- recent,
- senior,
- sometime,
- then,
- till,
- until,
- whilom