— immurement, immuration /im'yeuh ray"sheuhn/ , n.
/i myoor"/ , v.t., immured, immuring .
1. to enclose within walls.
2. to shut in; seclude or confine.
3. to imprison.
4. to build into or entomb in a wall.
5. Obs. to surround with walls; fortify.
[ 1575-85; immurare, equiv. to L im- IM- 1 + -murare, v. deriv. of murus wall (cf. MURAL) ]