v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sojourned p. pr. & vb. n. Sojourning. ] [ OE. sojornen, sojournen, OF. sojorner, sejorner, F. séjourner, 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 ]

n. [ Cf. OF. sujurn, sujur, sejor, F. séjour. 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 ]

n. One who sojourns. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are strangers before thee, and sojourners. 1. Chron. xxix. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or state of one who sojourns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]