6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Journey \Jour"ney\, noun; 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}.] 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, especially one covering a large distance or taking a long time. The good man . . . is gone a long journey. --Prov. vii. 19. 3. Hence: [figurative], A passage through life, or a passage through any significant experience, or from one state to another. [1913 Webster +PJC] 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. [PJC] 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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Journey \Jour"ney\, verb (used without an object) [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. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Journey \Jour"ney\, verb (used with an object) To traverse; to travel over or through. [R.] ''I journeyed many a land.'' --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: journey noun: the act of traveling from one place to another [syn: {journeying}] verb 1: undertake a journey or trip [syn: {travel}] 2: travel upon or across; "travel the oceans" [syn: {travel}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 74 Moby Thesaurus words for "journey": campaign, career, circuit, course, cruise, excursion, expedition, fare, gad about, gallivant, globe-trot, go, go abroad, go on safari, go overseas, grand tour, hie, hit the trail, jaunt, journeyings, journeys, junket, make a journey, make a pilgrimage, make a trip, odyssey, outing, package tour, pass, passage, passing, peregrinate, peregrination, peregrinations, peripatetics, pilgrim, pilgrimage, pleasure trip, proceed, process, progress, push on, range, range the world, repair, roam, round trip, route, rove, rubberneck, rubberneck tour, run, safari, sally, shoot, sight-see, stalk, take a trip, take the road, tour, transit, transition, travel, travels, trek, trip, turn, voyage, voyagings, wander, wanderings, way, wayfare, wend From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Journey (1.) A day's journey in the East is from 16 to 20 miles (Num. 11:31). (2.) A Sabbath-day's journey is 2,000 paces or yards from the city walls (Acts 1:12). According to Jewish tradition, it was the distance one might travel without violating the law of Ex. 16:29. (See {SABBATH}.)

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