Immurement \Im*mure"ment\, n.
The act of immuring, or the state of being immured;
imprisonment.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
immurement
n : the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity
until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers";
"his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he
practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle
dungeon" [syn: captivity, imprisonment, incarceration]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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