From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsojournsoj‧ourn /ˈsɒdʒɜːn $ ˈsoʊdʒɜːrn/ noun [countable] formalSHORT TIME a short period of time that you stay in a place that is not your home SYN stay a brief sojourn in Europe —sojourn verb [intransitive]
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sojourn• The morning after, Jim Bob bears the scars of a sojourn in the moshpit.• Their background knowledge of an institution is typically and corporately small, and sojourn within its walls brief.• The film is about only a very brief sojourn in Gauguin's otherwise racy biography.Origin sojourn (1200-1300) Old French sojorn, from sojorner “to stay”, from Vulgar Latin subdiurnare, from Latin sub “during” + Late Latin diurnum “day” 