Past tense of adjourn; suspended or postponed a meeting, court session, or formal proceeding to a later time or indefinitely.
From Old French ajourner, from a- 'to' + jour 'day,' literally meaning 'to put off to another day.' The word entered English in the 14th century through legal and parliamentary contexts.
The word 'adjourn' carries the elegant notion of deferring to another day's light, reflecting medieval concepts of time when daylight determined the rhythm of formal proceedings. Interestingly, a session can be adjourned sine die, Latin for 'without day,' meaning indefinitely.
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