sojourn Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
    visit.
  2. verb spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

WordNet

So"journ intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. sojornen, sojournen, OF. sojorner, sejorner, F. séjourner, fr. L. sub under, about + diurnus belonging to the day. See Journal, Diurnal.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sojourned ; present participle & verbal noun Sojourning
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. Gen. xii. 30.
    Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn. Chaucer.
    The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days. Hayward.
So"journ noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. sujurn, sujur, sejor, F. séjour. See Sojourn, v. i.
Definitions
  1. A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
    Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. Milton.

Webster 1913