Sojourn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sojourned; p. pr. & vb. n. Sojourning.]
Etymology: [OE. sojornen, sojournen, OF. sojorner, sejorner, F. séjourner, fr. L. sub under, about + diurnus belonging to the day. See Journal, Diurnal.]
To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry. Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. Gen. xii. 30. Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn. Chaucer. The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days. Hayward.
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Sojourn, n.
A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land. Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. Milton.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for sojourn; he lists it under abide.
Where he writes about it:
Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. — from abide
Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. — from abide