sojourn

noun

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so·journ | \ ˈsō-ˌjərn

, sō-ˈjərn \

Definition of sojourn

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a temporary stay a sojourn in the country

sojourn

verb

so·journ | \ ˈsō-ˌjərn

, sō-ˈjərn \

sojourned; sojourning; sojourns

Definition of sojourn (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

: to stay as a temporary resident : stop sojourned for a month at a resort

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Synonyms for sojourn

Synonyms: Noun

Synonyms: Verb

crash
[slang],
stay,
tarry,
visit

Examples of sojourn in a Sentence

Noun 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 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 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 Our family enjoyed a two-week sojourn in the mountains. spent a relaxing sojourn in her friend's summer home Verb 'Am I hideous, Jane?' 'Very, sir: you always were, you know.' 'Humph! The wickedness has not been taken out of you, wherever you have sojourned.' — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847 … there abode, in a remote period of American history, that is to say, some thirty years since, a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane, who sojourned, or, as he expressed it, "tarried," in Sleepy Hollow, for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity. — Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleep Hollow, 1820 began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun This derived from my sojourn as a foreign correspondent in Nairobi in the 1980s, when the official exchange rate was about eight Kenya shillings to the dollar. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, "Column: Coinbase had a great public stock offering. That doesn’t make bitcoin legit," 27 Apr. 2021 The owner for the past decade, Steven Peljovich, whose family emigrated from Eastern Europe after a sojourn in Cuba, has had a rough year. — BostonGlobe.com, "3 places we supported this week," 20 Apr. 2021 After all, when the champion eventually reaches the end of this sojourn and faces off with the boss, they better be seasoned for the challenge. — Luke Winkie, Vulture, "The Best Video Games of 2021 (So Far)," 9 Apr. 2021 Two weeks remain in preseason ahead of FCC's April 17 opener at Nashville SC after a scrimmage loss to Minnesota United FC, which marked the end of the Orlando training sojourn for Cincinnati. — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, "FC Cincinnati closes out Orlando preseason stay with 3-1 loss to Minnesota United," 4 Apr. 2021 For an unparalleled sojourn in the greater Washington, D.C., area, look no further than Loudoun County. — Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes, "The Best Road Trips Of 2021: 3 Top Destinations For A Socially Distanced Vacation," 26 Feb. 2021 During the bear’s sojourn to the hip enclave north of downtown , social media lighted up with posts. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, "A bear strolls Eagle Rock, miles from home," 3 Mar. 2021 That sojourn then produced their unilateral declaration via Instagram in January 2021 announcing their bid to distance themselves from the monarchy. — Guy Martin, Forbes, "The Fallout: What Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Said, And How It Will Shape Their Unending Battle With The British Press," 9 Mar. 2021 The club on Wednesday confirmed its preseason schedule, which includes training in Cincinnati through March 22 followed by a 12-day sojourn in Orlando before closing out preseason in Cincinnati leading up to the April 17 opening game. — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, "Brenner: 'I have great expectations' at FC Cincinnati," 7 Mar. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Organizer Bob Hannaford said the swingers sojourn in New Orleans was initially scheduled for the summer but was postponed because of the pandemic. — Matt Sledge, NOLA.com, "New Orleans warns of rising coronavirus numbers: 'We don't have a lot of time'," 13 Nov. 2020 The safest way to sojourn into the haunted, creepy and macabre, especially during a pandemic, is never to leave home. — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, "These spooky, creepy Kentucky artifacts are featured on TV just in time for Halloween," 27 Oct. 2020 For two weeks in August each year, the family would sojourn to the Atlantic Coast for a vacation, first at Ocean City and later at Bethany Beach and elsewhere. — Jacob Wallace, Washington Post, "Edward McCaffrey, who once worked as assistant postmaster general, was a history buff who was active in his church," 22 May 2020 To the city folk who sojourn there, West Marin is an agrarian idyll. — Leilani Marie Labong, SFChronicle.com, "Stalled by a pandemic, West Marin producers turn to trading foodstuffs," 21 May 2020 The author Richard Bach and the puppeteer Jim Henson sojourned to meet Ms. Roberts. — Sam Kestenbaum, New York Times, "Till Seth Do Us Part," 29 Oct. 2019 After sojourning in season 1-land in the season 8 premiere, Arrow is heading to another familiar location from its past. — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, "Arrow star Stephen Amell previews 'really hard' return Hong Kong," 21 Oct. 2019 Along the rugged coastline of southern Greece, our ancient human relatives may have sojourned in what was once a balmy refuge from the encroaching glaciers of the mid-Pleistocene. — Maya Wei-haas, National Geographic, "Enigmatic skull may be the oldest modern human outside Africa. But questions abound.," 10 July 2019 The residents of Blaine will have to endure the polite hordes of Canadians who sojourn here regularly, congesting local roads, patronizing the booming parcel economy, and emptying grocery-store shelves of their favorite products. — Alexandra Samuel, The Verge, "Welcome to Blaine, the town Amazon Prime built," 20 June 2018

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History and Etymology for sojourn

Noun

Middle English sojorn, from Anglo-French sujur, sujurn, from sujurner — see sojourn entry 2

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French sujurner, sejurner, from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnare, from Latin sub under, during + Late Latin diurnum day — more at up, journey

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