1. [n]  temporary residence
2. [v]  spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

SOJOURN is a 7 letter word that starts with S.

1. \So"journ\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sojourned}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Sojourning}.] [OE. sojornen, sojournen, OF. sojorner,
   sejorner, F. s['e]journer, fr. L. sub under, about + diurnus
   belonging to the day. See {Journal}, {Diurnal}.]
   To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a
   temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the
   place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry.
   
         Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. --Gen.
                                                  xii. 30.
   
         Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn. --Chaucer.
   
         The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there
         sojourned three days.                    --Hayward.
   
   

2. \So"journ\, n. [Cf. OF. sujurn, sujur, sejor, F.
   s['e]jour. See {Sojourn}, v. i.]
   A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign
   land.
   
         Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. --Milton.