What is "conventical prior"

Prior \Pri"or\, n. [OE. priour, OF. priour, prior, priur, F. prieur, from L. prior former, superior. See Prior, a.]

1. (Eccl.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.

2. a chief magistrate, as in the republic of Florence in the middle ages.
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   Conventical prior, or Conventual prior, a prior who is at the head of his own house. See the Note under Priory.

   Claustral prior, an official next in rank to the abbot in a monastery; prior of the cloisters.

Conventical \Con*vent"ic*al\, a. Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. ``Conventical wages.''
--Sterne.

Conventical prior. See Prior.