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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prior \Pri"or\, n. [OE. priour, OF. priour, prior, priur, F.
   prieur, from L. prior former, superior. See Prior, a.]
   1. (Eccl.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot
      in dignity.
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   2. a chief magistrate, as in the republic of Florence in the
      middle ages. --[RHUD]
      [PJC]

   Conventical prior, or Conventual prior, a prior who is at
      the head of his own house. See the Note under Priory.

   Claustral prior, an official next in rank to the abbot in a
      monastery; prior of the cloisters.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Conventical \Con*vent"ic*al\, a.
   Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. "Conventical wages."
   --Sterne.
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   Conventical prior. See Prior.
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