Sojourn

//ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚn// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A short stay somewhere.

    "Better the dark, silent, and fated waves of ocean, than the troubled waves of life. There are some whose sojourn on this earth is brief as it is bitter."

  2. 2
    a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) wordnet
  3. 3
    A temporary residence.

    "Though long detain'd / In that obscure sojourn"

Verb
  1. 1
    To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger. intransitive

    "Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there."

  2. 2
    spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily wordnet

Synonyms

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staystay overabideabodeholidaykeep

Antonyms

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leave

Example

More examples

"And there came a famine in the country: and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land."

Etymology

From Middle English sojourne (noun) and sojournen (verb), from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”), from Latin dies (“day”).

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