immurementn.
/ɪˈmjʊəmənt/ The action of immuring or condition of being immured; imprisonment, confinement.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun]
prisonOE
bonda1225
beclosing?c1225
narrowth?c1225
holdc1330
banda1400
festinance1426
duressc1430
enclosingc1440
closeness1530
durancea1535
closure1592
reclusedness1613
confinement1646
immurement1736
immuration1895
hack1899
prisonment1900
lockdown1973
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Pref. Immurement, an inclosing between two Walls, a Punishment used in Popish Countries.
1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. lix. 203 By the interposition of his wife, whose aim was not the death but immurement of his daughter.
1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 275 Her melancholy immurement and tragic end.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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