so·journ [n. soh-jurn; v. soh-jurn, soh-jurn] –noun 1. a temporary stay: –verb (used without object) 2. to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily: [Origin: 1200–50; (v.) ME sojurnen < OF sojorner to rest, stay < VL *subdiurnāre, equiv. to L sub- sub- + diurn(us) of a day + -āre inf. suffix; (n.) ME sojurne < OF sojorn, deriv. of the v.; see journey]