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jour⋅ney

[jur-nee] noun, plural -neys, verb, -neyed, -ney⋅ing.
–noun
1. a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
2. a distance, course, or area traveled or suitable for traveling: a desert journey.
3. a period of travel: a week's journey.
4. passage or progress from one stage to another: the journey to success.
–verb (used without object)
5. to make a journey; travel.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME journee day < OF < VL *diurnāta a day's time, day's work, etc., equiv. to L diurn(us) daily + -āta, fem. of -ātus -ate 1 ; see -ade 1


jour⋅ney⋅er, noun


1. excursion, jaunt, tour. See trip. 5. roam, rove; peregrinate.
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jour·ney   (jûr'nē)   
n.   pl. jour·neys
    1. The act of traveling from one place to another; a trip.

    2. A distance to be traveled or the time required for a trip: a 2,000-mile journey to the Pacific; the three-day journey home.

  1. A process or course likened to traveling; a passage: the journey of life.

v.   jour·neyed, jour·ney·ing, jour·neys

v.   intr.
To make a journey; travel.
v.   tr.
To travel over or through.

[Middle English journei, day, day's travel, journey, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, day, from neuter of Latin diurnus, of a day, from diēs, day; see diary.]
jour'ney·er n.
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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.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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