Meaning of SOJOURN
Pronunciation: | | [n]'sowjurn, [v]sow'jurn, 'sâjun
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- [n] temporary residence
- [v] spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
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| See Also: | | pass, spend, stay | |
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| Definition: | | Sojourn Arwyn?s quest to bring an end to the reign of the undead tyrant Mordath brings her face to face with a creature thought to be only a myth--a fearsome and powerful dragon--but an uneasy truce with the beast leads to an all-out battle at Mordath's fortress, a battle that ends in fiery tragedy. A Graphic Novel. Original. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\So"journ\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sojourned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Sojourning}.] [OE. sojornen, sojournen, OF. sojorner,
sejorner, F. s['e]journer, 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.
Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. --Gen.
xii. 30.
Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn. --Chaucer.
The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there
sojourned three days. --Hayward.
\So"journ\, n. [Cf. OF. sujurn, sujur, sejor, F.
s['e]jour. See {Sojourn}, v. i.]
A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign
land.
Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. --Milton.
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