Immurement

im·mure  (-myr)

tr.v. im·mured, im·mur·ing, im·mures

1. To confine within or as if within walls; imprison.

2. To build into a wall: immure a shrine.

3. To entomb in a wall.

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[Medieval Latin immrre : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Latin mrus, wall.]

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im·murement n.

Thesaurus

Noun

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immurement - 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" captivity, incarceration, imprisonment confinement - the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement" durance - imprisonment (especially for a long time) life imprisonment - a sentence of imprisonment until death internment - confinement during wartime