1 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.
2 a temporary stay at one place, esp. while traveling
We had been planning this little sojourn for several months.
He took his annual summer sojourn with his cousin Catherine.
The painting is one that the artist completed in Los Angeles during a six-month sojourn here in 1932.
If they come to sojourn at my house, I will not be there.
He collapsed in a bar in January and subsequently sojourned in intensive care.
Everyone can see in detail how housing is built in their sojourns around the city, and hear stories of large profits.
A sojourn in the colonies could, in fact, be a means of acquiring fame and wealth.