immurement

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noun

Capital punishment, human sacrifice or life imprisonment by entombing for life or sealing behind walls.

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Meanings

nounimmurement (countable and uncountable, plural immurements)

plural immurements

  1. countableuncountableCapital punishment, human sacrifice or life imprisonment by entombing for life or sealing behind walls.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe state of being imprisoned

Similar
captivityimprisonmentincarceration
Broader
confinement
Also see
captivityimprisonmentincarceration

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From immure + -ment.

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Translations

Basque immigrazioa
  • immigrazioacapital punishment by entombing for life
Bulgarian зазиждане
  • зазиждане (zaziždane)capital punishment by entombing for life
Catalan emparedament, immuració
  • emparedamentcapital punishment by entombing for life
  • immuraciócapital punishment by entombing for life
Danish imurering
  • imureringcapital punishment by entombing for life
Dutch inmetseling
  • inmetselingcapital punishment by entombing for life
Finnish elävältä muuraaminen
  • elävältä muuraaminencapital punishment by entombing for life
French emmurement
  • emmurementcapital punishment by entombing for life
German Einmauerung
  • Einmauerungcapital punishment by entombing for life
Greek περιτείχιση
  • περιτείχιση (periteíchisi)capital punishment by entombing for life
Polish uwięzienie
  • uwięzieniecapital punishment by entombing for life
Portuguese emparedamento
  • emparedamentocapital punishment by entombing for life
Romanian imurirea
  • imurireacapital punishment by entombing for life
Russian замуро́вывание
  • замуро́вывание (zamuróvyvanije)capital punishment by entombing for life
Spanish emparedamiento
  • emparedamientocapital punishment by entombing for life
Swedish inmurning
  • inmurningcapital punishment by entombing for life
Ukrainian замуро́вування
  • замуро́вування (zamuróvuvannja)capital punishment by entombing for life
Cite this entry
APA

immurement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immurement

MLA

“immurement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immurement. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immurement,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immurement.

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