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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Sojourn

Sō'journ, v. i.

verbintransitive

(sō'jurn) (Synop., § 130), v. i. [imp. & p. p. SOJOURNED; p. pr. & vb. n. SOJOURNING.] [O. Fr. sojorner, séjourner, N. Fr. séjourner, Pr. sojor-nar, sejor-nar, It. soggiornare, from Lat. sub, under, about, and diurnus, belonging to the day, It. giorno, Pr. jorn, O. Fr. jorn, jurn, jor, N. Fr. jour, a day.] 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. The soldiers assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days. Hayward.

Sō'journ, n.

noun

(sō'jurn), n. [Pr. sojorn, sejorn, O. Fr. sejor, N. Fr. séjour, It. soggiorno.] A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.

Scarce viewed the Galilean towns, And once a year Jerusalem, few days' Short sojourn. Milton.

Thee I revisit now, . . . though long detained In that obscure sojourn. Milton.

☞ By the poets, often accented on the last syllable.