Definitions for sojourn
ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn; soʊˈdʒɜrnso·journ

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sojourn, visitverb

   a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)

2. sojournverb

   spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sojournnoun

   A short stay somewhere.

2. sojournnoun

   A temporary residence.

   Though long detained / In that obscure sojourn. uE000113573uE001 Milton.

3. sojournverb

   To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sojournnoun

   A temporary residence; a casual and no settled habitation. This word was anciently accented on the last syllable: John Milton accents it indifferently.

   Etymology: sejour, French, from the verb.

   The princes, France and Burgundy,
   Long in our court have made their am’rous sojourn. William Shakespeare.

   Thee I revisit now,
   Escap’d the Stygian pool, though long detain’d
   In that obscure sojourn. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   Scarce view’d the Galilean towns,
   And once a year Jerusalem, few days
   Short sojourn. John Milton, Paradise Regained.

2. To Sojournverb

   To dwell any where for a time; to live as not at home; to inhabit as not in a settled habitation. Almost out of use.

   Etymology: sejourner, French; seggiornare, Italian.

   If, till the expiration of your month,
   You will return and sojourn with my sister,
   Dismissing half your train, come then to me. William Shakespeare.

   Th’ advantage of his absence took the king,
   And in the mean time sojourn’d at my father’s. William Shakespeare.

   How comes it he is to sojourn with you? how creeps acquaintance? William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Here dwells he; though he sojourn every where
   In progress, yet his standing house is here. John Donne.

   The sojourning of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. Exod. xii. 40.

   The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days. John Hayward.

   To sojourn in that land
   He comes invited. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   He who sojourns in a foreign country, refers what he sees abroad to the state of things at home. Francis Atterbury.

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1. sojourn

   A sojourn is a temporary stay or visit in a particular place, usually for a specific purpose or duration, often implying travel or being away from one's normal environment. It typically involves a period of time spent in a different location or setting before returning to one's usual residence or routine.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Sojournverb

   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

2. Sojournverb

   a temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land

3. Etymology: [OE. sojornen, sojournen, OF. sojorner, sejorner, F. sjourner, fr. L. sub under, about + diurnus belonging to the day. See Journal, Diurnal.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sojourn

   sō′jurn, v.t. to stay for a day: to dwell for a time.—n. a temporary residence.—ns. Sō′journer; Sō′journing, Sō′journment, the act of dwelling in a place for a time. [O. Fr. sojourner—L. sub, under, diurnāre, to stay—Low L. jornus—L. diurnus, relating to day—dies, a day.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sojourn in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sojourn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of sojourn in a Sentence

1. Albert Einstein:

   How strange is the lot of us mortals Each of us is here for a brief sojourn for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

2. Mitchell Burgess:

   Our avian brothers are back to roost on the first leg of their annual sojourn south. Why them and not us Maybe it's because we humans are meant to be rooted in one spot.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sojourn
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sojourn
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sojourn
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sojourn
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sojourn