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Sojourn

Sojourn Meaning & Definition
Sojourn Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sojourn?

[n] temporary residence
[v] spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

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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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