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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest);
[syn: sojourn, visit]


VERB (1)

1. spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sojourn \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. [1913 Webster] Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. --Gen. xii. 30. [1913 Webster] Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days. --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sojourn \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. [1913 Webster] Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sojourn n 1: a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) [syn: sojourn, visit] v 1: spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "sojourn": abide, holiday, lay over, layover, linger, rest, sojournment, stay, stay over, stayover, stop, stop over, stop-off, stopover, tarriance, tarry, vacation, visit