Word "PRIOR" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
earlier in time
Synonyms:
anterior

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

Crossword Clues for PRIOR

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Previous Mirror Classic 19 Apr 2024
Former religious leader (5)
Spencer ..... , 1993-96 Norwich, 1996-98 Leicester, 1998-2000 Derby and 2001-04 Cardiff defender (5)
Sounded like a nosy person, one in order (5)
A good man always coming first (5)
Previous cleric (5)
Antecedent Wall Street Journal 16 Mar 2024
Previous or former (5)
Former LA Times Daily 09 Mar 2024
Former abbot's deputy The Times Quick Cryptic 06 Mar 2024
A previous resident of the abbey?
Late - or earlier
One with power over men following religious instruction (5)
Previous Commuter 01 Mar 2024
Deputy head of a monastery Mirror Tea Time 01 Mar 2024
Monastery leader Commuter 29 Feb 2024
Previous member of an order (5)
Former to that
Without ___ notice (without warning)
Former, previous, superior
Previous, preceding (5)
Earlier he could have deputised for the abbot (5)
___ to (before)
A previous monk?
Previous USA Today 20 Jan 2024
Earlier The Guardian Quick 09 Jan 2024
Previous abbot's deputy (5) Puzzler Cryptic 03 Jan 2024
Matthew ---, English poet and diplomat buried in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey in 1721 (5)
Earlier Newsday 17 Dec 2023
Earlier monastery, incomplete The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Dec 2023
Earlier monastery, incomplete (5)
Previous USA Today 24 Nov 2023
Aforementioned LA Times Daily 23 Nov 2023
Earlier churchman (5) Puzzler Cryptic 04 Nov 2023
___ to (before)
Antecedent Wall Street Journal 15 Jul 2023
Pair consuming port earlier The Times Cryptic 29 Jun 2023
Like some knowledge and commitments New York Times 23 Jun 2023
Antecedent Newsday 17 Jun 2023
Monastery head The Guardian Quick 03 Jun 2023
Already arranged April work, requiring no outsiders The Telegraph Toughie 18 May 2023
Poet in monastery needing year off The Times Cryptic 28 Apr 2023
Earlier The Telegraph Quick 27 Apr 2023
In the past LA Times Daily 19 Mar 2023
___ to (before)
Earlier in time Newsday 06 Feb 2023
Antecedent Wall Street Journal 28 Jan 2023
Before, with "to" LA Times Daily 02 Jan 2023
Earlier Universal 22 Dec 2022
Earlier The Telegraph Quick 08 Dec 2022
Aforementioned Newsday 02 Dec 2022
Preceding Eugene Sheffer 01 Dec 2022
Previous USA Today 24 Oct 2022
Before now Newsday 26 Aug 2022
Foregoing The Times Concise 21 Aug 2022
Abbot’s deputy with previous conviction The Times Cryptic 03 Aug 2022
Earlier The Times Concise 31 Jul 2022
Former Premier Sunday 31 Jul 2022
___ to (before)
Earlier LA Times Daily 01 May 2022
Earlier The Washington Post 01 May 2022
Preceding Eugene Sheffer 08 Apr 2022
Senior canon Louis maybe backed to attend prince
Earlier Newsday 28 Mar 2022
Previous The Guardian Quick 04 Mar 2022
Was he just a monk before? The Guardian Cryptic 14 Feb 2022
Was he just a monk before?
___ to (before)
Former Universal 08 Feb 2022
Former prince covering up endless debauchery
Previous head of religious community
Former community superior The Times Cryptic 25 Oct 2021
Middle of April or earlier The Times Cryptic 19 Oct 2021
Former top scorer finishes with ten runs
Previous New York Times 08 Oct 2021
Earlier Universal 31 Aug 2021
Like some obligations New York Times 29 Aug 2021
Foregoing Wall Street Journal 24 Aug 2021
Earlier The Times Concise 15 Aug 2021
Without ___ notice
'I have a ___ commitment' USA Today 13 Jul 2021
Previous USA Today 06 Jul 2021
Something that might lengthen a sentence? New York Times 13 Jun 2021
Religious head The Times Concise 08 Jun 2021
Former chief of community
Opposite of subsequent Universal 20 Apr 2021
Antecedent Wall Street Journal 17 Mar 2021
Previous leader in monastery The Sun Two Speed 11 Mar 2021
Foregoing The Sun Two Speed 11 Mar 2021
More important brother The Telegraph Toughie 04 Mar 2021
Antecedent (to) The Telegraph Quick 10 Feb 2021
Previous    religious head
Before today Newsday 31 Jan 2021
Former church official
Monastery not completed earlier The Sun Two Speed 22 Dec 2020
Previous USA Today 24 Nov 2020
Earlier Universal 13 Nov 2020
Abbot's subordinate Newsday 12 Nov 2020
Preceding Eugene Sheffer 11 Nov 2020
Earlier leader in monastery The Sun Two Speed 05 Nov 2020
Earlier The Telegraph Quick 16 Oct 2020
Earlier arrest Wall Street Journal 13 Oct 2020
Religious person asking personal questions on the phone
Top monk, nosey parker reportedly
Earlier church official The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Sep 2020
___ to (before)
Monastery boss in Capri ordained The Sun Two Speed 15 Aug 2020
Previous incumbent at the abbey
Top monk, nosey parker reportedly
Before now Newsday 05 Jul 2020
Record component New York Times 03 Jul 2020
Earlier advertising about Olympic venue
Earlier in time Newsday 17 Mar 2020
___ to (before)
Monastery boss in Capri ordains The Sun Two Speed 13 Feb 2020
Earlier offense The Washington Post 10 Feb 2020
Earlier offense LA Times Daily 10 Feb 2020
Before, with "to"
More pressing senior monk
Former busybody on the telephone
The head of The House or The Abbey briefly Irish Times Crosaire 18 Nov 2019
Inquisitive-sounding monk
Previous arrest, on a rap sheet
Former The Washington Post 18 Aug 2019
Former LA Times Daily 18 Aug 2019
Previous The Times Concise 06 Aug 2019
Earlier The Times Concise 22 Jul 2019
Earlier Newsday 14 Apr 2019
Rap sheet listing Wall Street Journal 19 Mar 2019
Coming before, with "to"
___ to (before)
Earlier Thomas Joseph 09 Feb 2019
Turns up, Ireland has a gent with no heart in charge of The House Irish Times Crosaire 19 Jan 2019
Former
Abbot's underling
Rap sheet listing
Previous priest admitting endless unrestrained revelry
Former investigator, we hear The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Sep 2018
He ran 18 earlier
Rap sheet detail USA Today 13 Aug 2018
Earlier religious house, incomplete
Previous Newsday 25 Jul 2018
Principal in order, one interfering it's said The Telegraph Cryptic 24 May 2018
Earlier religious building, incomplete
Type of knowledge Universal 02 Apr 2018
Type of knowledge
Rap sheet detail
Leader of House, one asking too much of Speaker
An abbot’s deputy The Times Specialist Sunday 17 Sep 2017
Rap-sheet blemish USA Today 08 Sep 2017
Former port in Puerto Rico
Earlier offense Jonesin 11 Jul 2017
Top monk extremely popular around S American port
Antecedent Newsday 05 May 2017
Previous The Telegraph Quick 24 Apr 2017
Previous arrest, on a rap sheet New York Times 15 Mar 2017
Former nosy parker, we hear The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Mar 2017
Preceding in time Universal 03 Mar 2017
Previous arrest, on a rap sheet
Rap-sheet blemish
Earlier offense
Like some commitments Wall Street Journal 21 Dec 2016
Earlier religious house, incomplete The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Nov 2016
Earlier, pair drinking port
Former — cleric The Guardian Quick 23 Sep 2016
Earlier conviction, in copspeak The Washington Post 09 Aug 2016
Previous head of a religious body The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Jul 2016
One assisting abbot earlier
Earlier charge, in legal jargon The Washington Post 24 May 2016
One assisting abbot earlier
Monastery figure ranked below an abbot The Chronicle of Higher Education 25 Mar 2016
A man of god in the past
Pre-existing; head friar The Times Concise 09 Feb 2016
Earlier churchman The Sun Two Speed 03 Feb 2016
Abbot's subordinate The Sun Two Speed 03 Feb 2016
Part of a perp's record The Washington Post 28 Jan 2016
Aforementioned Newsday 22 Jan 2016
Rap sheet item USA Today 01 Jan 2016
Monastery figure ranked below an abbot
Rap sheet item
Before (with "to") USA Today 18 Dec 2015
Religious leader runs into religious men The Telegraph Toughie 04 Nov 2015
Allegedly nosey sort of churchman
Old conviction LA Times Daily 29 Oct 2015
Abbot's underling Universal 02 Oct 2015
Existing before The Times Concise 28 Sep 2015
More important pair replacing director in fashion house
Rap sheet listing LA Times Daily 13 Sep 2015
Earlier LA Times Daily 07 Sep 2015
Aforementioned LA Times Daily 01 Sep 2015
Poet Matthew buried in Westminster Abbey LA Times Daily 16 Aug 2015
Happening earlier USA Today 31 Jul 2015
Before heads of plants resign, increase official remuneration
Previous conviction, informally Jonesin 07 Jul 2015
Previous abbot's deputy
Abbot's underling Wall Street Journal 15 May 2015
Previous abbot's deputy
Erstwhile authority in retreat?
Head of religious house The Telegraph Quick 28 Feb 2015
Former holy man The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Feb 2015
Earlier offense Newsday 12 Feb 2015
Poet Matthew buried in Westminster Abbey
In the past
Aforementioned
Earlier
Old conviction
Rap sheet listing
Antecedent
Earlier offense
Abbot's underling
Before (with "to")
Happening earlier
Previous rip-off associated with gold
Abbot's deputy - an inquisitive type, we're told
Former deputy at Abbey
Former head of a religious order
From bustling airport take off at – at an earlier time
Previous arrest
Earlier in time (with "to")
Earlier in time
Earlier
Rap sheet listing
Rank below abbot
Former
Beforehand
__ to (before)
Police record listing
Something that's on the record?
___ to (before)
Previous head of a religious community
Beforehand
Abbot's underling
Abbot's underling
Monastic leader
Abbot's junior
Earlier
Earlier offense
Rap sheet info
Earlier
Rap sheet entry
Record listing
Abovementioned
Rap sheet listing
Abbey biggie
Previous
Crime on the books
Conviction, maybe
Previous
Abbot's junior
Conviction, maybe
Earlier
Blotch on one's record
Earlier conviction
Previous
Rap sheet datum
Former
Part of a criminal record
Monastic officer
Earlier conviction
Rap-sheet entry
Previous arrest
Earlier
Rap sheet item
Earlier
Rap sheet info
Earlier conviction
Abbot's aide
Former
Rap sheet datum
Record blemish
Earlier offense
Preceding in time
At an earlier time
Happening earlier
Rap sheet entry
Monastic head
Rap sheet entry
Part of a perp's record
Previous arrest
Former
Before, with "to"
Antecedent
Rap sheet entry
Abbey figure
Earlier
Blotch on one's record
Blotch on one's record
Monastic officer
Former
Previous
Rap sheet item
Rap sheet item
Monastic head
Rap sheet listing
Previous
Aforementioned
Rap sheet entry
Before, with "to"
Earlier
Earlier
Abbey biggie
Rap sheet listing
Rap sheet datum
Anterior
Abbot's underling
Police record entry
Rap sheet entry
Abbot's inferior
Rap sheet datum
Antecedent
Beforehand
High monk
Earlier; previous
Earlier
Former
Before
Previous
Westminster Abbey poet
Rap sheet info
Poet Matthew
Rap sheet blot
English poet Matthew
Monastery V.I.P.
Abbot's aide
Subordinate to 5 Across
Monastic officer
Abbot's right-hand man
English poet-diplomat: 1664-1721
Poet who ridiculed Dryden
Monastic V.I.P.
Abbot aide
Before
Monk
Abbot's subordinate
Official in a monastery
Monastery inhabitant
Monastery officer
He takes orders from 5 Across
Antecedent
Monastery official
Monastery man
Religious superior
Previous.
Antecedent.
Foregoing.
Church title.
Abbot's aide.
Before.
Earlier.
Aymer, in "Ivanhoe."
Monastic.
Beforehand.
Antonym of 29 Down.
Former.
Abbot's assistant.
Monastery official.
Abbot's side.
Monk outranked by an abbot.
Coadjutor of an abbot.
A monk next in dignity to an abbott.
Monastic officer.
English poet and diplomat (1664–1721).
Earlier; previous
Former
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