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rict in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

The territory ruled by a bey.

On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher.

A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.

ppression. Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey.

Abeyance. [R.] Hawthorne.

Being in a state of abeyance.

Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws. Not to disobey her lord's behest. Tennyson.

One who disobeys.

Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (C. fuliginosus), which is sooty black. [Also written mangaby.]

execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. Was she the God, that her thou didst obey Milton.

One who yields obedience. Holland.

Obediently; submissively.

See Web, n., 8.

Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.

The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.

nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

The superior or head of an abbey.

Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach. "Thy worth . . . is actions above my gifts." Marlowe. I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun. Acts xxxvi.…

Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad. "Another prince . . . was living abroad." Macaulay.