immurement

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Like Jack, who struggles to move beyond immurement in his tech world and make human contact with Sally, De Palma has encountered a similar challenge in his own life.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2017

How delicious is that refreshing breeze after his terrible immurement!

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

For this immurement, however, there exists fair compensation in the shape of a very pretty garden, or rather a series of garden spaces, which surround the dwelling on three sides.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Hearn, Lafcadio

The stern genius of the North grudges immurement, even to great piety, remembering that Christ himself remained but forty days in the desert and then returned to deliver the world.

From Apologia Diffidentis by Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock)

Persons conversant with the Vedas have said that death and immurement are both painful.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan