Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Sojourn

So′journ

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sojourned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sojourning
.]
[OE.
sojornen
,
sojournen
, OF.
sojorner
,
sejorner
, F.
séjourner
, 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.

So′journ

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
sujurn
,
sujur
,
sejor
, F.
séjour
. See
Sojourn
,
Verb.
I.
]
A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
Though long detained
In that obscure
sojourn
.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sojourn

SOJOURN

,
Verb.
I.
so'jurn. 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 his permanent habitation. So Abram sojourned in Egypt. Gen. 12.

Similar Results