immurement.

The act or state of enclosing or imprisoning someone within walls or an enclosed space.

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Words that belong together

• immurement in a cell
• a tale of immurement

On the page

The story of immurement began with a window that disappeared from the exterior plans.

He mistook the sealed alcove for a repair until he found the record of immurement.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural immurements for separate acts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.