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(), n.; pl. Journeys (). [OE. jornee, journee, prop., a day's journey, OF. jorne, jurne, a day, a day's work of journey, F. journe, 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 plea 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. スポンサード リンク
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