The term prior may refer to:
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Prior (ecclesiastical), the head of a priory (monastery)
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Prior convictions, the life history and previous convictions of a suspect or defendant in a criminal case
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Prior probability, in Bayesian statistics
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Prior knowledge for pattern recognition
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Saint Prior (4th century), an Egyptian hermit and disciple of Anthony the Great
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Prior (surname)
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Prior (Stargate), a fictional race in the television series ''Stargate''
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Prior (brand)
Prior is a brand name used by Nortura on its eggs and white meat (mainly chicken, hen and turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, ...
, a Norwegian brand of eggs and white meat
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Prior, Missouri, a community in the United States
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Prior Norge
Prior Norge is a defunct Norwegian white meat and egg processing company organised as an agricultural cooperative. The company merged with Gilde Norsk Kjøtt in 2006 to create Nortura. The Prior brand is still used.
History
The first national un ...
, a defunct Norwegian egg and white meat processing cooperative
See also
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A priori and a posteriori
("from the earlier") and ("from the later") are Latin phrases used in philosophy to distinguish types of knowledge, justification, or argument by their reliance on empirical evidence or experience. knowledge is independent from current ex ...
, two kinds of logical inference
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