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| | Definition: | | [n] the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon" |
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| | Synonyms: | | captivity, imprisonment, incarceration |
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| | See Also: | | confinement, durance, internment, life imprisonment |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*mure"ment\, n.
The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured;
imprsonment.
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