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Sojourn
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land. Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. Milton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.