Prior

Prior

Prior is an ecclesiastical title, derived from the Latin adjective for "earlier, first", with several notable uses.

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Famous quotes containing the word prior:

    “And Venus to the Loves around
    Remarked how ill we all dissembled.”
    —Matthew Prior (1664–1721)

    “I remember the thought which occurred to me when some ingenious and spiritual foreigners came to America, was, Have you been victimized in being brought hither?—or, prior to that, answer me this, “Are you victimizable?””
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood.”
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)