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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abide, holiday, lay over, layover, linger, rest, sojournment, stay, stay over, stayover, stop, stop over, stop-off, stopover, tarriance, tarry, vacation, visit
Dictionary Results for sojourn:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
sojourn
    n 1: a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) [syn: sojourn,
         visit]
    v 1: spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sojourn \So"journ\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sojourned; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Sojourning.] [OE. sojornen, sojournen, OF. sojorner,
   sejorner, F. s['e]journer, 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.
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         Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. --Gen.
                                                  xii. 30.
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         Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn. --Chaucer.
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         The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there
         sojourned three days.                    --Hayward.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sojourn \So"journ\, n. [Cf. OF. sujurn, sujur, sejor, F.
   s['e]jour. See Sojourn, v. i.]
   A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign
   land.
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         Though long detained
         In that obscure sojourn.                 --Milton.
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