Definitions for "Sojourner"
Keywords:  lest, strangers, sinful, fallen, israel
a person who is passing through the land, not someone who was in Israel illegally
A stranger or foreigner. Because the Church exists in a sinful world that has rejected God, Christians citizens of the Kingdom of God—are strangers in a foreign land. Therefore, faithful sojourners are on guard, lest they adopt the ways of the fallen society in which they live. See 1 Pet. 2:11; 1 John 2:1 917.
Keywords:  parish, temporary, resident
A temporary resident in a parish.
a person staying temporarily in a location; e.g., a slave in transit through a free jurisdiction
Keywords:  one
One who sojourns.