Immurement [noun]

Definition of Immurement:

confinement, imprisonment

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Sentence/Example of Immurement:

I waited for him to begin, but he could not, whether from surprise or loss of readiness through such long immurement.

At the conclusion of this half century's immurement what would the world say to the Polish composer's music?

Thenceforward Ernesta had but one thought, that of saving her daughter from that awful life of immurement and entombment.

When this cell of immurement (reclusorium) was ready, the mind in Romuald was so that it scarcely could be imprisoned.

Even the ordinary secret sin corrodes the heart by its immurement, and the sin of Logs house was not an ordinary one.

We will bear in mind the possibility of young blood becoming irked at this self-immurement, no matter how idyllic the conditions.

Her face was very pale, as if from long immurement, and her eyes were no more merry.

I can not tell you all we spoke of in that day-long immurement.