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Journey (?), n.; pl. Journeys (#). [OE. jornee, journee, prop., a day's journey, OF. jornée, jurnée, a day, a day's work of journey, F. journée, fr. OF. jorn, jurn, jor a day, F. jour, fr. L. diurnus. See Journal.]

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    1. The travel or work of a day. [Obs.]  Chaucer.

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    We have yet large day, for scarce the sun

    Hath finished half his journey. Milton.

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    2. Travel or passage from one place to another, especially one covering a large distance or taking a long time.

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    The good man . . . is gone a long journey. Prov. vii. 19.

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    3. Hence: [figurative], A passage through life, or a passage through any significant experience, or from one state to another.

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    We must all have the same journey's end. Bp. Stillingfleet.


    4. The distance that is traveled in a journey2, or the time taken to complete a journey2; as, “it's a two-day journey from the oasis into Cairo by camel; from Mecca to Samarkand is quite a journey”.

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    Syn. -- Tour; excursion; trip; expedition; pilgrimage; jaunt.  -- Journey, Tour, Excursion, Pilgrimage. The word journey suggests the idea of a somewhat prolonged traveling for a specific object, leading a person to pass directly from one point to another. In a tour, we take a roundabout course from place to place, more commonly for pleasure, though sometimes on business. An excursion is usually a brief tour or trip for pleasure, health, etc. In a pilgrimage we travel to a place hallowed by our religions affections, or by some train of sacred or tender associations. A journey on important business; the tour of Europe; an excursion to the lakes; a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

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Journey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Journeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Journeying.] To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.

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    Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. Gen. xii. 9.

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Journey, v. t. To traverse; to travel over or through. [R.] “I journeyed many a land.”  Sir W. Scott.

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