Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To reside temporarily. See Synonyms at stay1.
- n. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To dwell for a time; dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident, or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation.
- Synonyms Abide, Sojourn, Continue, etc. see abide.
- n. A temporary stay or residence, as that of a traveler.
- n. A place of temporary stay or abode.
Wiktionary
- n. A short stay somewhere.
- n. A temporary residence.
- v. To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. 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.
- n. A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
- v. spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
Etymologies
- Middle English sojournen, from Old French sojorner, from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre : Latin sub-, sub- + Late Latin diurnum, day (from Latin, daily ration, from neuter of diurnus, daily, from diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots).
Examples
“Nine years after my Elgin sojourn, I am standing in the balcony of the City Center near Times Square watching what I thought to be a group of aliens emanating from another dimension.”
The Huffington Post: Jack Schimmelman: Sankai Juku (studio by the mountain and the sea)
“Drill baby Drill was being chanted today after taking a brief sojourn from the campaign trail and I noticed this weekend that gas prices have dropped over a dollar nation wide.”
“Though Mr. Venkatesh did draw on his experiences in his dissertation, and in several much-discussed academic papers, the final result of his sojourn is Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets (Penguin Press, 320 pages, $25.95).”
“ENDICOTT, N.Y. Jason Bohn's sojourn is finally over.”
“Enjoy your sojourn from the Welsh political scene, and do come back when they get rid of Peter Hain's jerry-mandering joke of an electoral system!”
“When Michigan State cornerback Amp Campbell walks on the field Thursday night to play Oregon, his sojourn from the football field to career-threatening injury to the classroom and back to the football field will come full circle.”
“When NS&I launched its bond just four months ago I was reassured by officials that this was not a short-term sojourn into the market, and that they anticipated the bond being available for a sustained period.”
“Orwell’s Spanish sojourn is a significant episode in both the literary history of the English language and in global intellectual history.”
“Just call our sojourn: "If it's Friday, it must be Ithaca.”
“From this you might suppose that my sojourn was a continuous orgy; not at all.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘sojourn’.
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Archaic
abide, abjure, abroad, adamant, afield, aforetime, aghast, anon, apace, argent, assuage, aught and 327 more...
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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October 2011
serendipity, grateful, irritable, punchy, twitchy, reverence, solitude, levity, nubble, sojourn, Eden, quesadilla and 19 more...
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xulilux's list
leviathan, destitute, iapetus, caesura, ineffable, eschew, phosphene, fungible, antediluvian, nomenclature, mottle, europa and 84 more...
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Earth-Friendly Organic Produce
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blueskycloudform, sojourn, reuse, reduce, compostable, habitat, ecology, bionomics, Eco-Art, sustainability, forest garden, biosystems and 47 more...

brtom Thee I re-visit now with bolder wing,
Escap't the Stygian Pool, though long detain'd
In that obscure sojourn ...
Milton, Paradise Lost III Dec 18, 2006