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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 525 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. See also:Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to See also:dies, See also:day)  , properly that which occupies a See also:day in its performance, and so a day's See also:work, particularly a day's travel, and the distance covered by such, usually reckoned in the See also:middle ages as twenty See also:miles . The word is now used of travel covering a certain amount of distance or lasting a certain amount of See also:time, frequently defined by qualifying words . " See also:Journey " is usually applied to travel by See also:land, as opposed to " voyage," travel by See also:sea . The See also:early use of journey " for a day's work, or the amount produced by a day's work, is still found in glassmaking, and also at the See also:British See also:Mint, where a " journey " is taken as See also:equivalent to the coinage of 15 lb of See also:standard See also:gold, 701 sovereigns, and of 6o lb of See also:silver . The See also:term " journeyman " also preserves the See also:original significance of the word . It distinguishes a qualified workman or mechanic from an " apprentice " on the one See also:hand and a " See also:master " on the other, and is applied to one who is employed by another See also:person to work at his See also:trade or occupation at a day's wage .

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