单词 | sojourning |
释义 | sojourningn. 1. a. The action or fact of staying temporarily in a place. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [noun] sojourningc1290 bigginga1325 sojourna1325 sojour1338 abodea1400 tarrying1445 tarryc1480 stay1538 reside1628 peregrination1630 sojournment1676 tabernaclinga1695 séjoura1753 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 151 Þare he bi-lefde in soiourninge al þe ȝwile þat he wolde. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 11 Peleus on the morn callid Iason, and sayd that their long sojournyng displaisid him. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 386 He thocht he to Kyntyr wald ga, And swa lang soiowrnyng thar ma, Till wynter wedder war away. 1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 470 This Iupiter, withouttin sudgeornyng, Passis throw all the twelf planetis, full ewin, In ȝeris twelf. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxix. 35) Quiete continewance is matched ageinste soieorninge for a tyme. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxviii. 4 The lande wherein thou art a stranger [margin. of thy soiournings] . View more context for this quotation 1701 G. Stanhope tr. St. Augustine Pious Breathings 251 Let..my present sojourning tend ever to Thee. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary harbourc1300 sojourna1375 restinga1382 resting placea1382 sojourninga1400 diversoryc1410 deversaryc1485 inn1529 roost1607 peregrination1610 roosting place1643 harbourage1651 séjour1769 pied-à-terre1823 hoochie1952 a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 5209 Þennes hij wenten wiþ~outen duellyng, And souȝtten better soiournyng. c. The time of temporary stay. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [noun] > time of stay1538 residence1611 sojourning1611 residence time1868 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xii. 40 Now the soiourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was foure hundred and thirtie yeeres. View more context for this quotation 1784 V. Knox Ess. (ed. 5) II. cxliv. 249 Unfortunate boy [Chatterton]! poorly wast thou accommodated during thy short sojourning among us. 1825 T. H. Horne Introd. Crit. Study Holy Script. (ed. 5) III. ii. i. 80 During the sojourning of the Israelites in the wilderness, Moses established [etc.]. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > asked for or granted fristc1175 respitec1300 sojourningc1400 respetta1450 reprievala1586 reservation1590 short shrift1815 c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 6022 Gregeis were fayn of that grauntyng [of truce], For thei hadde nede of soiornyng. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 96 Haid ȝe tane keip how at that king Alwayis for-owtyn soiournyng, Trawayllyt for to wyn senȝhory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > as lemmasˈsojourning ˈsojourning adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [adjective] sojournant1439 sojourning1645 transient1713 inquiline1716 short-stay1946 1645 J. Bond Occasus Occidentalis 19 Sarah..the Patriarchesse, who willingly followed her sojourning husband up and downe in strange Countries. a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. Peter in Wks. (1868) 50 It continues all the time of this sojourning life. < n.c1290 as lemmas |
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