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sojourn

[ noun soh-jurn; verb soh-jurn, soh-jurn ]

noun

  1. a temporary stay:

    during his sojourn in Paris.



verb (used without object)

  1. to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily:

    to sojourn on the Riviera for two months.

    Synonyms: , , ,

sojourn

/ ˈsʌdʒ-; ˈsɒdʒɜːn /

noun

  1. a temporary stay
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to stay or reside temporarily
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzܰԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • jdzܰ· noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sojourn1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English verb sojurnen, Old French sojorner “to rest, stay,” from unattested Vulgar Latin ܲ徱ܰ “to stay for a time,” a compound of the preposition and prefix sub, sub-, here meaning “a little, for a while” and the Latin verb 徱ܰ “to live for a long time,” a derivative of the Latin adjective diurnus “belonging to the daytime, occurring every day”; noun derivative of the verb; journey
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sojourn1

C13: from Old French sojorner, from Vulgar Latin ܲ徱ܰ (unattested) to spend a day, from Latin sub- during + Late Latin diurnum day
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Recorded in large part during the band’s sojourn to New Orleans, the record positively brims with energy and musical timbre.

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That brings us back to Khalil — a foreign national who allegedly violated the terms of his sojourn by supporting at least one U.S.

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You’ll end your sojourn along the ritzy marina of Newport Beach and Balboa Island.

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We have him to thank, then, for the series’ sojourns to the deck of 19th century pirate Zheng Yi Sao’s ship and the Trojan War.

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His last Parisian sojourn, 2014-2016, included a brief, contentious, term as the director of the Paris Opera Ballet, which he said provided some seeds for the idea of La Ville Dansée.

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