English Dictionary

pray

adv

(archaic or formal) Please; used to make a polite request / Alternative form of pray tell (“I ask you (insincerely)”)

I pray you, lend me your ear.

意味（1）

(archaic or formal) Please; used to make a polite request

pray silence for…

意味（2）

Alternative form of pray tell (“I ask you (insincerely)”)

He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt?