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noun
Any of the twelve prophetic books at the end of the Old Testament.
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noun
Any of the twelve prophets who these books are named after.
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History
From minor (“shorter, smaller”) + prophet. The term derived from the shorter length of these books of the Bible, as compared to the much longer major prophets.
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