Priorly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Previously. archaic, not-comparable

    "this single name, whencesoever it be derived, or whensoever it were given, cannot stand as a proof that the name Jehovah was known priorly to Moſes, against so positive a testimony as that of the passage in Exodus[…]"

Example

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"this single name, whencesoever it be derived, or whensoever it were given, cannot stand as a proof that the name Jehovah was known priorly to Moſes, against so positive a testimony as that of the passage in Exodus[…]"

Etymology

From prior + -ly.

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