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 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 The pope’s Iraq sojourn was all the more striking for its timing, with the world still gripped by the coronavirus pandemic. — Washington Post, "The symbolic power of the papal visit to Iraq," 8 Mar. 2021 The sojourn puts him hundreds of miles away from the Oregon state line and his natal territory. — Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, "Oregon wolf has traveled deeper into California than any lobo in recent years," 27 Feb. 2021 The singular sojourn begins early on April 22 with a flight via Legacy 600 jet to Bermuda from Westchester County Airport in Westchester, NY. — Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes, "The Ultimate Spring Break 2021 Escape: An Exclusive Sailing Championship In Beautiful Bermuda," 25 Feb. 2021 But the truth is, such has been the near-daily sojourn of the physicians and nurses in this border town in Imperial County, Calif. — Carolyn Barber, Fortune, "‘Like drowning in slow motion’: Life on the ground at one of America’s hardest-hit COVID-19 hospitals," 1 Dec. 2020 The woman who objected to his initial sojourn in Fukushima married him despite his disregard for her concerns. — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, "This physician has studied the Fukushima disaster for a decade—and found a surprising health threat," 4 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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