sojourning


so·journ

S0542100 (sō′jûrn′, sō-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 Indo-European roots).]
so′journ′er n.