A surname from Italian.

plural of Priore

Advance; previous; coming before. / Former, previous.

(colloquial) Previously.

(US, law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.

A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot. / (historical) A chief magistrate in Italy.

A surname originating as an occupation for someone employed by a prior. / An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri, United States.

plural of prior

(formal) before, previous to.

(criminal law) Knowledge of a set of circumstances sufficient to make actions based on those circumstances wrongful.