I. ˈsōˌjərn, -jə̄n, -jəin, ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ sometimes səˈj-, chiefly Brit ˈsäˌj- or ˈsəˌj- or -_jən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English soiorn, soiourne, from Old French sojorn, from sojorner to sojourn
1. : a temporary stay (as of a traveler in a foreign country)
returned … after a long sojourn in Europe — Alan McCulloch
a summer's sojourn in the English countryside — Lucien Price
the Israelite tradition of a prolonged sojourn in Egypt — W.F.Albright
2. archaic : a temporary dwelling place
long detained in that obscure sojourn — John Milton
II. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English soiornen, soiournen, from Old French sojorner, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin subdiurnare, from Latin sub- under, during + Late Latin diurnum day — more at journey
: to stay as a temporary resident : stop
sojourned for a month at a mountain resort
the right … to sojourn there as long as they pleased — R.B.Taney
Synonyms: see reside