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I prophesied a majority? Not quite (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amos

'i prophesied' is the definition.
(Amos is a biblical prophet)

'a majority? not quite' is the wordplay.
'majority?' becomes 'most' (most of a group).
'not quite' means to remove the last letter.
'most' with its last letter removed is 'mos'.
'a'+'mos'='AMOS'

(Other definitions for amos that I've seen before include "30th OT book" , "Old Testament book" , "Part of bible" , "Biblical character" , "Hebrew prophet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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