immurement

English

Etymology

immure +‎ -ment.

Noun

immurement (countable and uncountable, plural immurements)

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

Translations

capital punishment by entombing for life

Belarusian: замуровывание n (zamuróvyvanije)
Bulgarian: зазиждане n (zaziždane)
Catalan: emparedament m
Dutch: inmetseling f
Finnish: elävältä muuraaminen
French: emmurement (fr) m
German: Einmauerung f
Greek: περιτείχιση (el) f (periteíchisi)
Macedonian: заѕидување n (zadziduvanje)
Polish: uwięzienie (pl) n
Portuguese: emparedamento m
Russian: замуро́вывание (ru) n (zamuróvyvanije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: zazidavanje n
Spanish: emparedamiento (es) m
Swedish: inmurning
Ukrainian: замуро́вування n (zamuróvuvannja)

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