Journey

(jŏr'ny), n.; pl. JOUR'NEYS. [Fr. journée, a day, a day's work, a day's journey, O. Fr. jurnee, jornee, Pr. & Sp. jornada, It. giornata, from Fr. jour, Pr. jour, It. giorno, a day, from Lat. diurnus. See JOURNAL.] 1. The travel of a day; daily career. [Obs.] We have yet large day, for scarce the sun Hath finished half his journey. Milton. 2. Travel from one place to another; passage; excursion; voyage. 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 never on business, but always for pleasure, health, &c. In a pilgrimage we travel to a place hallowed by our religious 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 rock of Plymouth.

(jûr'ny), v. i. [imp. & p. p. JOURNEYED; p. pr. & vb. n. JOURNEYING.] To travel from place to place; to pass from home to a distance. Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. Gen. xii. 9.