so·journ 
(s
ōjûrn
′, s
ō-jûrn
)
intr.v. so·journed,
so·journ·ing,
so·journs To reside temporarily:
"His family had sojourned in New Jersey for one year only, and had then gone back to Michigan" (Jane Smiley). n. A temporary stay; a brief period of residence.
[Middle English sojournen, from Old French sojorner, from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre : Latin sub-, sub- + Late Latin diurnum, day (from Latin, daily ration, from neuter of diurnus, daily, from diēs, day; see dyeu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
sojourn′er n.