Found 4 hits - Term: sojourn, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sojourn \so"journ\, v. i. imp. p. p. sojourned; p. pr.
vb. n. sojourning. oe. sojornen, sojournen, of. sojorner,
sejorner, f. s'ejourner, 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.
1913 webster
abram went down into egypt to sojourn there. --gen.
xii. 30.
1913 webster
home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn. --chaucer.
1913 webster
the soldiers first assembled at newcastle, and there
sojourned three days. --hayward.
1913 webster
see also:
sojourned sojourning journal diurnal
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sojourn \so"journ\, n. cf. of. sujurn, sujur, sejor, f.
s'ejour. see sojourn, v. i.
a temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign
land.
1913 webster
though long detained
in that obscure sojourn. --milton.
1913 webster
see also:
sojourn
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
sojourn
n : a temporary stay e.g., as a guest syn: visit
v : spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
see also:
visit
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 moby thesaurus words for "sojourn":
abide, holiday, lay over, layover, linger, rest, sojournment, stay,
stay over, stayover, stop, stop over, stop-off, stopover,
tarriance, tarry, vacation, visit
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