prior (n.)
prior (adj.)
- ahead
- ancient
- antecedent
- anterior
- anticipatory
- chief
- earlier
- early
- elder
- erstwhile
- ex
- first
- fore
- foregoing
- foremost
- former
- forward
- immemorial
- inaugural
- initiatory
- last
- late
- latest
- leading
- old
- olden
- older
- onetime
- past
- precedent
- preceding
- precursory
- preexistent
- prefatory
- prehistoric
- preliminary
- preparatory
- prevenient
- previous
- prime
- primeval
- primitive
- propaedeutic
- quondam
- recent
- senior
- sometime
- then
- till
Nobles and heralds, by your leave,
Here lies what once was Matthew Prior;
The son of Adam and of Eve:
Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher?
