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( Christianity ) A high-ranking member of a religious house or religious order . In an abbey , the person ranking just after the abbot , appointed as his deputy ; a prior claustral . The head of a priory ( “ a monastery which is usually a branch of an abbey ” ) , or some other minor or smaller monastery; a prior conventual . The head friar of a house of friars. The head of the Arrouaisian , Augustinian , and formerly Premonstratensian religious orders. An honorary position held by a priest in some cathedrals . ( historical ) A chief magistrate of the Republic of Florence (1115?1569) in what is now Italy . The elected head of a guild of craftsmen or merchants in some countries in Europe and South America . ( obsolete ) A person who is the earliest or most prominent in a field ; the chief . ( business ) The head of a company . [...]

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