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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