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Pray   /preɪ/   Listen
Pray

verb
1.
Address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer.
2.
Call upon in supplication; entreat.  Synonyms: beg, implore.



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"Pray" Quotes from Famous Books



... said Hamilton earnestly, addressing himself to a small snapshot photograph of Sanders, which stood on a side table. "Let us pray that the barbarian of his kindness will sit quietly till you return, my Sanders—for the Lord knows what trouble I'm going to get into before ...
— Bones - Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country • Edgar Wallace
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... "Hush, pray," said Jack, affectedly; "he is an officious young man. But be thankful for small mercies, old boy; you have got ...
— Bluebell - A Novel • Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
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... "but it is certainly both lawful and right to pray to the gods, that my departure hence thither may be happy; which therefore I pray, and so may it be." And as he said this he drank it off readily and calmly. Thus far, most of us were with difficulty able to restrain ourselves from weeping, but when we saw him drinking, ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2 • Various
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... and established their heathen rites and customs. Their religion resembled that of their Scandinavian neighbours. Each village had its sacred spot, some clearing in the forest, a tree, or well, whither the people resorted to pray to their gods, and practise superstitious rites and customs which lingered long after the introduction of Christianity, and even still survive. They had also a few temples whither the freemen came three ...
— English Villages • P. H. Ditchfield
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... early, and so was I. Business before pleasure, you know; so I hope you will excuse me if I keep right on. I have stinted myself to get through, mopping and all, by ten, and it is now nine by Peterkin's bell. Pray be seated. ...
— Tracy Park • Mary Jane Holmes
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