sojourning

Meanings

• Noun

  The act of staying as a guest in a place for a period of time, especially when traveling.

  - "During their sojourning in Europe, they visited several countries."

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Synonyms

stay over , stop

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with sojourning
journeying , borrowing , rowing

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Variants

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sojourn , sojourned , sojourner , sojourners , sojourning , sojourns

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Etymology

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Middle English: from Old French sojorner, from soier to stay, dwell, from soster to support, aid, from Latin sustinere to hold up.

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Trivia

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1. Sojourning was a common practice among pilgrims during the Middle Ages.

2. Sojourning is also used in the context of diplomacy, where diplomats are sent on a sojourn to represent their country in a foreign court.

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Related Concepts

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1. Travel: Sojourning is a form of travel where one stays in a place for an extended period.

2. Hospitality: Sojourning requires the host to extend hospitality to the guest, and the guest to respect the host's customs and traditions.

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Quotes

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1. … there abode, in a remote period of American history, that is to say, some thirty years since, a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane, who "sojourned", or, as he expressed it, "tarried," in Sleepy Hollow, for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity.

   - Washington Irving,{it}The Legend of Sleep Hollow{/it},1820

2. 'Am I hideous, Jane?' 'Very, sir: you always were, you know.' 'Humph! The wickedness has not been taken out of you, wherever you have "sojourned".'

   - Charlotte Brontë,{it}Jane Eyre{/it},1847

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Culture

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Sojourning has been a common theme in literature, particularly in travelogues and novels. It is also used metaphorically to describe a period of introspection or personal growth.

How to Memorize "sojourning"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine yourself as a traveler, staying in a foreign place for an extended period.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of traveling and staying in a new place.

3. mnemonics
   

   - SoJourn-ing: Staying as a guest in a new place.

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