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.
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.