Jour"ney (?), 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.]
1. The travel or work of a day. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
We have yet large day, for scarce the sun
Hath finished half his journey.
Milton.
2. Travel or passage from one place to
another; hence, figuratively, a passage through life.
The good man . . . is gone a long
journey.
Prov. vii. 19.
We must all have the same journey's
end.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
Syn. -- Tour; excursion; trip; expedition; pilgrimage. --
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.
Jour"ney, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Journeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Journeying.] To travel from place to place; to go from
home to a distance.
Abram journeyed, going on still toward the
south.
Gen. xii. 9.
Jour"ney, v. t. To traverse; to
travel over or through. [R.] "I journeyed many a land."
Sir W. Scott.
