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intramural (adj.)

1846, "within the walls, being within the walls or boundaries" (of a city, building, etc.), from intra- "within" + Latin muralis "pertaining to a wall," from murus "wall" (see mural). Equivalent to Late Latin intramuranus. Originally in English in reference to burials of the dead; in reference to college activities from 1871 (first at Columbia).

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Definitions of intramural from WordNet

intramural (adj.)
carried on within the bounds of an institution or community;
most of the students participated actively in the college's intramural sports program
From wordnet.princeton.edu