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Meaning of SOJOURN

Pronunciation:  [n]'sowjurn, [v]sow'jurn, 'sâjun

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  temporary residence
  2. [v]  spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
 
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 See Also: pass, spend, stay

 

 

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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.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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  1. \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.
    
  2. \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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