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sojourney

sojourney verb: to sojourn; to reside during one's travels.

Verb

sojourney (third-person singular simple present sojourneys, present participle sojourneying, simple past and past participle sojourneyed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To sojourn; to reside during one's travels.
    • As Abraham was not his subject he could not command him; but as Abraham had sojourneyed in his land, and he was acquainted with the power of Abraham, i. e. God's protection: he was desirous of Abraham's oath, […]1822, L. Alexander, The first book of Moses, called Genesis

Forms of sojourney

third-person singular presentsojourneys
present participlesojourneying
past participlesojourneyed
pastsojourneyed

Questions about sojourney

What does sojourney mean?
Sojourney means to sojourn; to reside during one's travels.
What part of speech is sojourney?
Sojourney is a verb.
What is the past tense of sojourney?
The past tense of sojourney is sojourneyed.

Words near sojourney in the dictionary

  1. sojourned
  2. sojourner
  3. sojourners
  4. sojournest
  5. sojourneth
  6. sojourney
  7. sojourneyed
  8. sojourneying
  9. sojourneys
  10. sojourning
  11. sojournings

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