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sojourning, vbl. n.|ˈsʌ-, ˈsɒ-, ˈsəʊdʒənɪŋ|
[f. sojourn v. + -ing1.]
1. The action or fact of staying temporarily in a place.
c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 151 Þare he bi-lefde in soiourninge al þe ȝwile þat he wolde. 1375Barbour Bruce iii. 386 He thocht he to Kyntyr wald ga, And swa lang soiowrnyng thar ma, Till wyntir weddir war away. c1477Caxton Jason 9 b, Peleus on the morne callid Jason and sayd that their long sojournyng displaisid him. 1528Lyndesay Dreme 470 This Iupiter, withouttin sudgeornyng, Passis throw all the twelf planetis, full ewin, In ȝeris twelf. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. lxix. 35 Quiete continewance is matched ageinste soieorninge for a tyme. 1611Bible Gen. xxviii. 4 The lande wherein thou art a stranger [marg. of thy soiournings]. 1701Stanhope St. Augustine's Medit. iii. iv. 251 Let my present sojourning tend ever to thee.
†b. A place of temporary stay. Obs.—1
13..K. Alis. 5209 (Laud MS.), Þennes hij wenten wiþ⁓outen duellyng, And souȝtten better soiournyng.
c. The time of temporary stay.
1611Bible Exod. xii. 40 Now the soiourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was foure hundred and thirtie yeeres. 1782V. Knox Ess. cxliv. (1819) III. 131 Unfortunate boy [Chatterton]! poorly wast thou accommodated during thy short sojourning among us. 1825Horne Introd. Script. (ed. 5) III. ii. i. 80 During the sojourning of the Israelites in the wilderness, Moses established [etc.].
†2. Delay, respite. Obs. rare.
1375Barbour Bruce i. 96 Haid ȝe tane keip how at that king Alwayis, for-owtyn soiournyng, Trawayllyt for to wyn senȝhory. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 6022 Gregeis were fayn of that grauntyng [of truce], For thei hadde nede of soiornyng. |