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Sojourning

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so·journ  (sjûrn, s-jûrn)
intr.v. so·journed, so·journ·ing, so·journs
To reside temporarily. See Synonyms at stay1.
n.
A temporary stay; a brief period of residence.
[Middle English sojournen, from Old French sojorner, from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnre : Latin sub-, sub- + Late Latin diurnum, day (from Latin, daily ration, from neuter of diurnus, daily, from dis, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots).]
sojourner n.
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