All three men said they were Mormons and would abide by the church's teachings.
"There is no 'of course' where men and she-flesh abide."
You men should elect a leader, and then abide by his decisions in all matters.
Do so, and let no man abide this deed But we the doers.
And the women would not suffer the men to shape the lands, nor even to abide on them for long.
And that does not include crying over the inequity of a system which all young men must abide by.
You are dining with gentlemen, Captain, and these men abide by their word.
No man can abide much by what a woman thinks, at times like this.
Once set, gods and men abide it, neither truly able nor willing to contest it.
She bade the man abide and guard, as she had the first.