About The Word Sojourn
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Sojourn
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What's The Definition Of Sojourn?
[n] temporary residence
[v] spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily Synonyms | Synonyms for Sojourn: Related Terms | Find terms related to Sojourn: See Also | pass | spend | stay Sojourn In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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