The Elizabethan word “pray” would mean__in modern English

It would mean Please or Thank you

Explanation:

Since the Elizabethan respect the Ps and Qs, the would say i pray you to bring for me a chair, which they actually want to ask you respectfully to bring them a chair.

This is to say that the word pray was used to express sentimental understanding or expressions.

connections  to the  book night by elie wiesel.   elie wiesel  is a holocaust survivor. as a young, jewish boy he was taken from his home with his family by the nazis. he was taken because he is jewish.