Prior (disambiguation)
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In English and many other languages (others often use a recognizable derivation, e.g. Prieur in French), possible meanings for prior, a word identical to its Latin root meaning 'first', include:
- the title prior, as in the head of a priory, a type of monastery.
- in probability theory, a prior distribution.
- in philosophy, an ontologically prior concept.
- a Prior, in the science fiction TV series Stargate SG-1.
As a name:
- Arthur Prior, philosopher and logician of the early 20th century
- Matthew Prior, an English poet of the mid-17th century.
- Mark Prior, baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
- David Prior - any of 3 on wikipedia
- James Prior, Baron Prior