Definition of immurement Immurement

im•mure•ment

We found 4 definitions of immurement from 4 different sources.

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What does immurement mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

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, imprisonment, incarceration
  confinement the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
  durance imprisonment (especially for a long time)
  life imprisonment a sentence of imprisonment until death
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  • immurement (Noun)
    capital punishment by entombing for life.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • immurement (n.)
    The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured; imprsonment.

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