noun · rare

sojourn

sojourn · sojourns

перебування, побут, пробування

пребывание, временное пребывание

Aufenthalt, Unterkunft, Obdach, Übernachtungsmöglichkeit

A short stay somewhereA short stay somewhere.

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UK/ˈsɒd͡ʒən/US/ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚn/

» And Jacob dwelt in the land of Canaan, wherein his father sojourned.

Meaning

2 senses

A short stay somewhere.
Aufenthalt
пребыва́ниеprebyvánije, вре́менное пребыва́ниеvrémennoje prebyvánije
перебува́нняperebuvánnja, пробува́нняprobuvánnja, по́бутpóbut
a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
A temporary residence.
Unterkunft, Obdach, Übernachtungsmöglichkeit

Examples

3 sentences

And Jacob dwelt in the land of Canaan, wherein his father sojourned.
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Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.
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And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron: wherein Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

short stay somewhere:

Русский

By meaning 1

short stay somewhere:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

short stay somewhere:

temporary residence:

Origin

From Middle English sojourne (noun) and sojournen (verb), from Old French sojor, sojorner

From Middle English sojourne (noun) and sojournen (verb), from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”), from Latin dies (“day”).

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