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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sojourn \So"journ\, verb (used without an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sojourn \So"journ\, noun [Cf. OF. sujurn, sujur, sejor, F. s['e]jour. See {Sojourn}, verb (used without an object)] A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sojourn
noun: a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) [syn: {visit}]
verb: spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "sojourn": abide, holiday, lay over, layover, linger, rest, sojournment, stay, stay over, stayover, stop, stop over, stop-off, stopover, tarriance, tarry, vacation, visit
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