What is the meaning of immurement?

noun

  • The state of being imprisoned.
    • usage: "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"
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