Journey /(?)/

Jour·ney

Journey

n.

pl. Journeys

  1. The travel or work of a day. [Obs.]
    We have yet large day, for scarce the sun Hath finished half his journey.
  2. Travel or passage from one place to another, especially one covering a large distance or taking a long time.
    The good man . . . is gone a long journey.
    — Prov. vii. 19.
  3. A passage through life, or a passage through any significant experience, or from one state to another. [figurative]
    We must all have the same journey's end.
    — Bp. Stillingfleet.
  4. The distance that is traveled in a journey{2}, or the time taken to complete a journey{2}; as, it's a two-day journey from the oasis into Cairo by camel; from Mecca to Samarkand is quite a journey.
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.

Journey

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Journeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Journeying

  1. To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.
    Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
    — Gen. xii. 9.

Journey

v. t.
  1. To traverse; to travel over or through. [R.]