immurement
immurement — noun
1. the condition of being shut inside a space that has been permanently sealed, so
the condition of being shut inside a space that has been permanently sealed, so that there is no possible way to leave
The medieval legend tells of a prisoner's immurement within the castle's thick stone walls.
immurement + within [place] — location of confinement
Adisa wrote a novel about the immurement of political prisoners in underground cells.
Historians discovered evidence of immurement in the sealed chamber beneath the old monastery.
Medieval chronicles describe the immurement of the rebel leader Walid, whose cell was sealed with mortar and stone.
Excavators at the ruined fortress found evidence of immurement: a human skeleton inside a walled-up chamber with no door.
- imprisonment
the most general term; does not imply being sealed inside
- confinement
broader; can be voluntary or in any enclosed space
- incarceration
formal term for jail or prison time; no sense of walling up
- captivity
being held by captors, not necessarily in a fixed location
- liberation
the act of being set free
- release
being let out of confinement
文法句型
immurement + of [person] + in/within [place]
用法筆記
Nearly always used in historical or literary contexts describing a severe form of confinement. The word emphasizes being sealed within a space, not just locked inside. Passivization is common (evidence of immurement was found…).