A Bajoran religious title for a monk, ranking below vedek, borne by figures such as Prylar Bek, whose confession lies at the heart of The Collaborator.
Prylar is one of the lower titles of the Bajoran clergy. Prylars are the monks who serve in the temples and monasteries, assist the vedeks and tend the shrine on the Promenade of Deep Space 9. Like all Bajoran titles it is placed before the family name.
The best-known prylar is Bek, who acted as go-between for the Vedek Assembly and the Cardassian authorities during the Occupation. In the Deep Space Nine episode The Collaborator it is revealed that Bek hanged himself after confessing that he had given the Cardassians the location of a resistance cell in the Kendra Valley.
Kira's search for the person who truly gave Bek that information drives the episode and decides the election of the next kai.