sojourn

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Bishop Colonna and Petrarch had intended to remain for some time at Toulouse; but their sojourn was abridged by their horror at a tragic event[D] in the principal monastery of the place.

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  1. intransitive verb To reside temporarily. See Synonyms at stay1.
  2. noun A temporary stay; a brief period of residence.

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  • One of the chief members of this society at the time of my sojourn was the British Minister, Mr. Fox, a diplomatist of the old school, past master in forms, and proprieties, and social refinements—everything that the English sum up in the word "proper." —  Memoirs
  • A short passage descriptive of this sojourn is hero appended. —  Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel
  • Bishop Colonna and Petrarch had intended to remain for some time at Toulouse; but their sojourn was abridged by their horror at a tragic event[D] in the principal monastery of the place. —  The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch
  • A short passage descriptive of this sojourn is hero appended 9 mo_. —  Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel
  • I should be inconsolable if you shortened on my account a sojourn which is so agreeable But you, Therese I, my friend? —  The French Immortals Series — Complete
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stay ·  wandering ·  residence ·  vacation ·  excursion ·  dweller ·  abide ·  cruise ·  imprisonment ·  respite ·  pilgrimage ·  visit
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. 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).

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  1. Early modern English also sojorn; from Middle English sojournen, sojornen, from Old French sojourner, sojorner, sejourner, sejorner, French séjourner = Provencal sojornar, sejornar = Italian soggiornare (Middle Latin reflex sejornare), dwell for a time, sojourn, from Middle Latin *subdiurnare (or *superdiurnare?), from Latin sub, under, + diurnare, stay, last, from diurnus, daily: see sub- and diurnal, journal. Cf. adjourn, journey.
  2. from Middle English sojourne, sojorne, sojorn, sojour, from Old French *sojourn, sujurn, sojour, sujur, scjor, sejour, French séjour = Provencal sojorn, sejorn = Old Spanish sojorno = Italian soggiorno; from the verb.
 

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