Minor Prophet

American  

noun

1. any of a group of Old Testament prophets that includes Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

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Example Sentences

From Major Prophet Marx to Minor Prophet H. G. Wells there has been a swarm of soothsayers laying down the law, but rarely have their tables of stone weathered the drizzle of a single generation.

From Time Magazine Archive

In one of the mottoes in Felix Holt she uses a fine sentence, which is repeated in "A Minor Prophet."

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis

But what was one to make of that story of the chanting voice, and the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the chapter out of some unknown Minor Prophet?

From The Terror A Mystery by Machen, Arthur

"A Minor Prophet" was written in 1865, "Two Lovers" in 1866, and "Oh may I join the Choir Invisible" in 1867.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis

In "A Minor Prophet" she has presented her conception of human advancement, and tenderly expressed her sympathy with all humble, imperfect lives.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis