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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sojourning \So"journ*ing\, n.
     The act or state of one who sojourns.
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