prior
nounmasculine/pɾiˈɔɾ/medium
pri·or
Definition
The superior of a religious community, especially in a monastic order (such as the Benedictines), in charge of a priory.
The prior leads the daily prayers and manages the priory's affairs.
He served as prior for over twenty years.
Common collocations
monastery priorelect a prioroffice of prior
Etymology
Do latim 'prior, -oris'.