Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To reside temporarily.
- noun A temporary stay; a brief period of residence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To dwell for a time; dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident, or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation.
- Synonyms Abide, Sojourn, Continue, etc. see
abide . - noun A temporary stay or residence, as that of a traveler.
- noun A place of temporary stay or abode.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
- intransitive verb 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A short
stay somewhere. - noun A temporary
residence . - verb intransitive To
reside somewheretemporarily , especially as aguest orlodger .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
- verb spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Nine years after my Elgin sojourn, I am standing in the balcony of the City Center near Times Square watching what I thought to be a group of aliens emanating from another dimension.
Jack Schimmelman: Sankai Juku (studio by the mountain and the sea) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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Nine years after my Elgin sojourn, I am standing in the balcony of the City Center near Times Square watching what I thought to be a group of aliens emanating from another dimension.
Jack Schimmelman: Sankai Juku (studio by the mountain and the sea) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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Nine years after my Elgin sojourn, I am standing in the balcony of the City Center near Times Square watching what I thought to be a group of aliens emanating from another dimension.
Jack Schimmelman: Sankai Juku (studio by the mountain and the sea) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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Nine years after my Elgin sojourn, I am standing in the balcony of the City Center near Times Square watching what I thought to be a group of aliens emanating from another dimension.
Jack Schimmelman: Sankai Juku (studio by the mountain and the sea) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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Nine years after my Elgin sojourn, I am standing in the balcony of the City Center near Times Square watching what I thought to be a group of aliens emanating from another dimension.
Jack Schimmelman: Sankai Juku (studio by the mountain and the sea) Jack Schimmelman 2010
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Drill baby Drill was being chanted today after taking a brief sojourn from the campaign trail and I noticed this weekend that gas prices have dropped over a dollar nation wide.
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Though Mr. Venkatesh did draw on his experiences in his dissertation, and in several much-discussed academic papers, the final result of his sojourn is Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets (Penguin Press, 320 pages, $25.95).
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ENDICOTT, N.Y. Jason Bohn's sojourn is finally over.
USATODAY.com - Jason Bohn wins B.C. Open in record fashion 2005
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Enjoy your sojourn from the Welsh political scene, and do come back when they get rid of Peter Hain's jerry-mandering joke of an electoral system!
Bag of Nerves Glyn Davies 2007
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When Michigan State cornerback Amp Campbell walks on the field Thursday night to play Oregon, his sojourn from the football field to career-threatening injury to the classroom and back to the football field will come full circle.
brtom commented on the word sojourn
Thee I re-visit now with bolder wing,
Escap't the Stygian Pool, though long detain'd
In that obscure sojourn ...
Milton, Paradise Lost III
December 18, 2006