sojourn

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

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.

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

Related formsso·journ·er, noun

Synonyms for sojourn

2. visit, vacation, rest, stop.

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Related Words for sojourners

traveler, settler, customer, patron, visitor, caller, companion, inmate, client, recipient, tenant, vacationer, crusader, wanderer, pioneer, sojourner, lodger, transient, boarder

Examples from the Web for sojourners

Contemporary Examples of sojourners

Sojourners thought it better to promote the video that way—"in an editorial context."
Liberal Christians Attack Obama Spiritual Adviser Jim Wallis
David Sessions
May 10, 2011
But President Obama's victory gave Wallis and his organization, Sojourners, new influence.
Liberal Christians Attack Obama Spiritual Adviser Jim Wallis
David Sessions
May 10, 2011

Historical Examples of sojourners

What charming associations these guests and sojourners have left behind!
Italy, the Magic Land
Lilian Whiting
This class of denizens or sojourners was also to be treated with the same kindness as their own blood.
Usury
Calvin Elliott
His plain carriage is seen but seldom by sojourners in Berlin.
In and Around Berlin
Minerva Brace Norton
For these sojourners, then, the box of bonnets had been intended.
The Boy Tar
Mayne Reid
Such should ever be the attitude of those who are but sojourners and pilgrims.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. Peter
J. Rawson Lumby

British Dictionary definitions for sojourners

sojourn

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 sojourners

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.

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.)).