Journeys

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Journey \Jour"ney\, n.; pl. {Journeys}. [OE. jornee, journee,
     prop., a day's journey, OF. jorn['e]e, jurn['e]e, a day, a
     day's work of journey, F. journ['e]e, fr. OF. jorn, jurn, jor
     a day, F. jour, fr. L. diurnus. See {Journal}.]
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     1. The travel or work of a day. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


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              We have yet large day, for scarce the sun
              Hath finished half his journey.       --Milton.
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     2. Travel or passage from one place to another, especially
        one covering a large distance or taking a long time.
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              The good man . . . is gone a long journey. --Prov.
                                                    vii. 19.
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     3. Hence: [figurative], A passage through life, or a passage
        through any significant experience, or from one state to
        another.
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              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.
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     Syn: Tour; excursion; trip; expedition; pilgrimage; jaunt.
  
     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.
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