Read full poem →"Come all to church, good people;
Good people, come and pray."
But here my love would stay.
Dictionary Entry
To direct words and/or thoughts to God or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
In a Sentence
“Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. praygod praythee pray
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Poetry examples for “pray”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Four angels at my head,
One to watch, and one to pray,
And two to----
Read full poem →"Come all to church, good people;
Good people, come and pray."
But here my love would stay.
Read full poem →To lend a wife, few here would scruple make;
But, pray, which of you all would take her back?
Though with the Stoic chief our stage may ring,
Read full poem →Up to her godly garret after seven,
There starve and pray, for that's the way to heaven.
Read full poem →17 'Ye ladies, too, draw forth your pen;
I pray, where can the hurt lie?
Since you have brains as well as men,
Read full poem →Talk with churchwardens about pews,
Pray heartily for some new gift,
And shake his head at Doctor S----t.
Read full poem →Who cause the proud their visits to delay,
And send the godly in a pet to pray;
A nymph there is, that all thy power disdains,
Read full poem →“Three ladies of the Northern empire pray 235
Your Highness would enroll them with your own,
Read full poem →Living and dying,
Fast ye and pray?
For all your weeping,