sojourn

3 definitions • 4 examples

a short period when a person stays in a particular place:

My sojourn in the youth hostel was thankfully short.

After a brief sojourn in Holland to study Sanskrit, he moved to India.

to spend a short period staying in a particular place:

Winston Churchill and Francois Mitterrand have sojourned at this glorious former monastery.

He must not sojourn in the house without entertainment.

a temporary stay at one place, esp. while traveling