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Definition of Immuring
1. immure [v] - See also: immure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immuring
Literary usage of Immuring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1894)
"ON immuring NUNS WHO HAD BROKEN THEIR VOWS. ... Writers seem to have thought it
as needless to furnish evidence for immuring, as it would be to prove the ..."
2. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1893)
"immuring Alive.—Mr. S. Baring-Gould, in his volume on Strange Survivals, has
brought together a very curious and interesting collection of details and ..."
3. Sketches of Portuguese Life, Manners, Costume, and Character by A. P. D. G. (1826)
"... SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE PORTUGUESE—LOVE AFFAIRS INEFFECTUAL VIGILANCE OF
PARENTS—CUSTOM OF immuring DAUGHTERS IN CONVENTS CURIOUS LAW IN FAVOR OF LOVERS—A ..."
4. The Christian World: The Magazine of the American and Foreign Christian Union by American and Foreign Christian Union (1865)
"We ask the people tp see for themselves, if any warrant can be found in the Bible
for the immuring of living innocent men and women in cells and prisons. ..."
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