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Previous head of a religious community (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prior

I believe this is a double definition.

'previous' is the first definition.
(prior means previous or earlier)

'head of a religious community' is the second definition.
(head of a priory)

(Other definitions for prior that I've seen before include "boss of Monk?" , "Clergyman - earlier" , "head of a religious community" , "Former - holy man" , "head of a house of friars" .)

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