SOJOURNING
Verb
sojourning
present participle of sojourn
Noun
sojourning (plural sojournings)
The act of one who sojourns; a short stay or residence.
my sojournings all over Europe
Source: Wiktionary
So"journ*ing, n.
Definition: The act or state of one who sojourns.
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.]
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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