n.
Function: noun
Date: 1621
1 a : a short stay : CALL b : a brief residence as a guest c : an extended stay : SOJOURN
2 : a journey to and stay or short sojourn at a place
3 : an official or professional call or tour : VISITATION
4 : the act of a naval officer in boarding a merchant ship on the high seas in exercise of the right of search