2. Adjective. imprisoned or confined ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Immured
1. immure [v] - See also: immure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immured
Literary usage of Immured
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... but the ceremony of her marriage was performed with some obscure and nominal
husband, before she was immured in a perpetual prison, to bewail those ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"PAMELA immured BY HER LOVER From 'Pamela' THURSDAY. THIS completes a terrible
week since my setting out, as I hoped to see you, my dear father and mother. ..."
3. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"... but not having since heard any more about them, I presume they are aow immured
among the family archives. Re house which contained these treasures was, ..."
4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... St. Patrick of Ireland wae immured in a cell where he scratched his grave with
his own nails. (7) St. David of Wales slept seven years in the enchanted ..."
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