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SOJOURN
sojourn, visit
(noun) a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
sojourn
(verb) spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sojourn (plural sojourns)
A short stay somewhere.
A temporary residence.
Synonyms
• abode
Verb
sojourn (third-person singular simple present sojourns, present participle sojourning, simple past and past participle sojourned)
(intransitive) To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
Synonyms
• stay over, stop; See also sojourn
Anagrams
• journos
Source: Wiktionary
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.]
Definition: 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. Etym: [Cf. OF. sujurn, sujur, sejor, F. séjour. See Sojourn, v. i.]
Definition: A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land. Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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