verb · intransitive · rare

sojourn

sojourn · sojourns · sojourned · sojourning

утримувати, тримати

временно пребывать

sich aufhalten, verweilen, weilen, residieren

To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodgerTo reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.

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UK/ˈsɒd͡ʒən/US/ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚn/

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

Meaning

1 senses

To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
sich aufhalten, verweilen, weilen
временно пребыватьvremenno prebyvatʹ
spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

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

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger:

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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