(logic) Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence. / Self-evident, intuitively obvious. / Presumed without analysis.

(logic) In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation.

plural of priory

A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.

plural of alien priory

A small religious house dependent on a large monastery in some other country.

(archaic, British slang, idiomatic) Synonym of King's Bench Prison

An item's relative importance. / A goal of a person or an organisation. / The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.

The process of assigning priorities to things or tasks.

(transitive) To value, do, or choose something first, or before other things. / (transitive, intransitive) To arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance.