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JOURNEYING
journey, journeying
(noun) the act of traveling from one place to another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
journeying
present participle of journey
Noun
journeying (plural journeyings)
travel, travelling
Source: Wiktionary
JOURNEY
Jour"ney, n.; pl. Journeys. Etym: [OE. jornee, journee, prop., a day's journey, OF. jornée, jurnée, a day, a day's work of journey, F. journée, 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; hence, figuratively, a passage through life. The good man . . . is gone a long journey. Prov. vii. 19. We must all have the same journey's end. Bp. Stillingfleet.
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 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.
Jour"ney, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Journeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Journeying.]
Definition: To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance. Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. Gen. xii. 9.
Jour"ney, v. t.
Definition: To traverse; to travel over or through. [R.] "I journeyed many a land." Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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