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immurement

immurement noun: capital punishment, human sacrifice or life imprisonment by entombing for life or sealing behind walls.

Noun

immurement (countable and uncountable, plural immurements)

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

Forms of immurement

pluralimmurements

Origin of immurement

From immure + -ment.

Questions about immurement

What does immurement mean?
Immurement means capital punishment, human sacrifice or life imprisonment by entombing for life or sealing behind walls.
What part of speech is immurement?
Immurement is a noun.
What is the plural of immurement?
The plural of immurement is immurements.

Words near immurement in the dictionary

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  2. immuration
  3. immurations
  4. immure
  5. immured
  6. immurement
  7. immurements
  8. immures
  9. immuring
  10. immurings
  11. immusical

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