The term prior may refer to: *

Prior (ecclesiastical) Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be lowe ...

, the head of a priory (monastery) *

Prior convictions Antecedents are the life history and previous convictions of a defendant in a criminal case. They are colloquially known as "previous convictions" (or simply "previous") in the United Kingdom and "prior convictions" (or simply "priors") in the Uni ...

, the life history and previous convictions of a suspect or defendant in a criminal case *

Prior probability In Bayesian statistical inference, a prior probability distribution, often simply called the prior, of an uncertain quantity is the probability distribution that would express one's beliefs about this quantity before some evidence is taken into ...

, in Bayesian statistics *

Prior knowledge for pattern recognition Pattern recognition is a very active field of research intimately bound to machine learning. Also known as classification or statistical classification, pattern recognition aims at building a classifier that can determine the class of an input patt ...

Saint Prior Saint Pior (or Prior; 4th century) was an Egyptian monk and hermit in the desert of Scetis, one of the Desert Fathers, and a disciple of Anthony the Great. He lived to a great age. His feast day is 17 June. Monks of Ramsgate account The monks of ...

(4th century), an Egyptian hermit and disciple of Anthony the Great * Prior (surname) *

Prior (Stargate) The Ori are fictional characters in the science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1''. They are a group of " ascended" beings who use their advanced technology and knowledge of the universe in attempt to trick non-ascended humans into wo ...

, a fictional race in the television series ''Stargate'' * Prior (brand), a Norwegian brand of eggs and white meat *

Prior, Missouri Prior is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land ar ...

, a community in the United States * Prior Norge, a defunct Norwegian egg and white meat processing cooperative

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