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Sojourn

//ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚn// noun, verb

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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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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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