sojourn

[ noun soh-jurn; verb soh-jurn, soh-jurn ]

/ noun ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn; verb ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn, soʊˈdʒɜrn /

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noun

a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.

verb (used without object)

to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily: to sojourn on the Riviera for two months.

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Origin of sojourn

1200–50; (v.) Middle English sojurnen < Old French sojorner to rest, stay < Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, equivalent to Latin sub- sub- + diurn(us) of a day + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun) Middle English sojurne < Old French sojorn, derivative of the v.; see journey

SYNONYMS FOR sojourn

2 visit, vacation, rest, stop.

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Related formsso·journ·er, noun

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It is doubtless this sojourn that accounts for her ability to sing in French.
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Thus the pope, who has insisted that his sojourn in the Holy Land is “purely a religious” visit, will confront a delicate dilemma.
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That final jibe is a reference to Bennett's wife's success as a pastry chef during the couple's sojourn in New York a decade ago.
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After just a year in India, her sojourn seems to have paid off handsomely.
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The sojourn in Tel Aviv allowed Ajrami to understand Israel—something that he retained after he returned to Gaza.
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His sojourn, however, with the distinguished party was to last only for a week, and then he would really go to work.
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Our first acquaintance with any literature kindred to our special work took place toward the close of our sojourn in Paris.
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The first two years of our sojourn here, the locusts devastated the land.
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For a character it had been contracting during its sojourn in the body, a character of its own.
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As many as forty thousand persons are said to have resorted to the services during Cavalier's sojourn at Calvisson.
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British Dictionary definitions for sojourn

sojourn

/ (ˈsɒdʒɜːn, ˈsʌdʒ-) /

noun

a temporary stay

verb

(intr) to stay or reside temporarily

Derived Formssojourner, noun

Word Origin for sojourn

C13: from Old French sojorner, from Vulgar Latin subdiurnāre (unattested) to spend a day, from Latin sub- during + Late Latin diurnum day

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Word Origin and History for sojourn (1 of 2)

sojourn

late 13c., "stay temporarily, reside for a time; visit;" also "reside permanently, dwell;" from Old French sojorner "stay or dwell for a time," from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnare "to spend the day" (source also of Italian soggiornare), from Latin sub- "under, until" (see sub-) + diurnare "to last long," from diurnus "of a day," from diurnum "day" (see diurnal). Modern French séjourner formed via vowel dissimilation. Related: Sojourned; sojourning.

Word Origin and History for sojourn (1 of 2)

sojourn

mid-13c., "temporary stay, visit," from Anglo-French sojorn, variant of Old French sejorn, from sejorner "stay or dwell for a time" (see sojourn (v.)).

sojourn

noun

verb (used without object)

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