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i. [O. Fr. sojorner, sojourner, sejorner, sejourner (Fr. séjourner ), from a Low Lat. *sub diurno, from Lat. sub =under, and diurno =to stay, to last long, from diurnus = daily; dies =a day; Ital. soggiornare.] To dwell or take up one's abode 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. "Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there."Genesis xii. 10. sōjourn, so journ', soj-ourn, s. [SOJOURN, 2.] A temporary residence, as in a strange country; a stay. "Though long detained In that obscure sojourn ." Milton: P. L. , iii. 15. sō-journ-er, soj-ourn-er, s . [Eng. sojourn , v.; -er.] One who sojourns; a temporary resident; one who takes up his abode in a place temporarily. "We are strangers and sojourners, as were all our fathers our days on earth are as a shadow."-1 Chronicle xxix. 15.