pray
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
How often you will meet it
Rank 867 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 21,169 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer pray to the Lord
- call upon in supplication; entreat also: beg, implore I beg you to stop!
pray in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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No. Pray, then, where did he breakfast?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Pray, why not try, for novelty, a kind of solo speaking?
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Oh, I pray for them: The violent thunder is adored by those Are pasht in pieces by it.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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For half an hour I tried to pray as the beads of agony rolled down my forehead and bathed my face.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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And when the solemn and deep churchbell Entreats the soul to pray, The midnight phantoms feel the spell, The shadows sweep away.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1