IMMUREMENT

captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

immurement (countable and uncountable, plural immurements)

Capital punishment by entombing for life.

Source: Wiktionary


Im*mure"ment, n.

Definition: The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured; imprsonment.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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