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sojourn |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sojourn \So"journ\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sojourned}; p. pr & vb n. {Sojourning}.] [OE. sojornen sojournen, OF sojorner, sejorner F. s['e]journer, fr L. sub under about + diurnus belonging to the day See {Journal}, {Diurnal}.] To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry. Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there --Gen. xii. 30. Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn. --Chaucer. The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days. --Hayward. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sojourn \So"journ\, n. [Cf. OF sujurn sujur, sejor, F. s['e]jour. See {Sojourn}, v. i.] A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land. Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sojourn n : temporary residence v : spend a certain length of time
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