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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Journey \Jour"ney\, n.; pl. {Journeys}. [OE. jornee, journee, prop., a day's journey, OF. jorn[82]e, jurn[82]e, a day, a day's work of journey, F. journ[82]e, 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. Usage: {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. | |
