sojourn

¹so·journ

noun \ˈsō-ˌjərn, sō-ˈ\

Definition of SOJOURN

: a temporary stay <a sojourn in the country>

Examples of SOJOURN

1. Our family enjoyed a two-week sojourn in the mountains.
2. <spent a relaxing sojourn in her friend's summer home>
3. The visit with my father was preceded by a sojourn with my sister, Joy—an artistic type and sometime vegan who plays the part of patient vegetarian whenever her unrepentantly carnivorous brother drops in—and her husband, who were kind enough to pick me up at Heathrow. —John Haney, Gourmet, January 2003
4. On a recent sojourn in Sicily, I frequently found myself remembering that page in the children's encyclopedia, because it seemed to me that what I was seeing was as close as I will ever come to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. —Francine Prose, Atlantic, December 2002
5. My mother is Venezuelan, and every year during my childhood we spent a two-month sojourn with her family there. —Alexandra Starr, New Republic, 20 May 2002

Origin of SOJOURN

Middle English sojorn, from Anglo-French sujur, sujurn, from sujurner (see ²sojourn)

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to SOJOURN

Synonyms: visit, stay, tarry

Related Words: field trip, homestay, sleepover; layover, stop, stopover

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Rhymes with SOJOURN

adjourn, astern, attorn, casern, concern, discern, downturn, epergne, eterne, extern, heartburn, Hepburn, intern, in turn, inurn, kick turn, lucerne, Lucerne, nocturn, nocturne, outturn, return, sauternes, secern, star turn, stem turn, step turn, sunburn, unlearn, upturn, U-turn, windburn