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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pri·or, n.
 1. Eccl. The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
 Conventical prior, or Conventual prior, a prior who is at the head of his own house. See the Note under Priory.
 Claustral prior, an official next in rank to the abbot in a monastery; prior of the cloisters.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Con·vent·ic·al a. Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. “Conventical wages.”
 Conventical prior. See Prior.
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