[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous:A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.Synonyms: antecedent , anterior", "preceding in importance or privilege."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Informal.a prior conviction."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an officer in a monastic order or religious house, sometimes next in rank below an abbot.", "a chief magistrate, as in the medieval republic of Florence."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Matthew,1664–1721,English poet."]}]