Definitions for: Sojourn


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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: pass, spend, stay

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