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‖ séjour|seʒur|
[Fr., f. séjourner to sojourn. Cf. sojour.]
1. The act of staying or sojourning in a place (for a longer or shorter period).
1755Mem. Capt. P. Drake I. ix. 63 We now had a Sejour, or Day's Rest. 1759Chesterfield Let. to Son 30 Mar., In the meantime, make the best of your séjour where you are. 1840Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. i. Spectre Tapp., Mrs. Simpkinson preferred a short séjour in the still-room.
2. A place of sojourn or residence.
1769Ld. Holland in Jesse Selwyn & Contemp. (1843) II. 375 You will have a better opinion of the séjour of Nice. 1770H. St. John ibid. III. 6 Then comes the melancholy passage to Mahon; then the charming séjour of Minorca. 1824Scott St. Ronan's xxv, Edinburgh..in autumn is the most melancholy sejour that ever poor mortals were condemned to. |