Hypertext Webster Gateway: "immurement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Immurement \Im*mure"ment\, n.
The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured;
imprsonment.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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