Category:Sojourn

So"journ, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sojourned; p. pr. & vb. n. Sojourning.] Etym: [oe. sojornen, sojournen, of. sojorner, sejorner, f. séjourner, Fr. L. sub under, about + diurnus belonging to the day. See journal, Diurnal.]

Defn: 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.

Sojourn So"journ, n. Etym: [cf. Of. sujurn, sujur, sejor, f. séjour. See Sojourn, v. i.]

Defn: a temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land. Though long detained in that obscure sojourn. Milton.