immurement

noun

Etymology

From immure + -ment.

  1. derived from immūrō
  2. derived from enmurer
  3. borrowed from emmurer
  4. inherited from enmuren
  5. suffixed as immurement — “immure + ment

Definitions

  1. Capital punishment, human sacrifice or life imprisonment by entombing for life or sealing…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for immurement. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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