Term: excommunication: the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society
Candidate hypernym: banishment: rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone → 1
Candidate hypernym: microwave diathermy machine: diathermy machine that uses microwave radiation as the source of heat → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus ceratosaurus: primitive saurischian carnivorous dinosaurs → 0
Candidate hypernym: code of conduct: a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group → 0
Candidate hypernym: flying buttress: a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch → 0
Candidate hypernym: celtuce: lettuce valued especially for its edible stems → 0
Candidate hypernym: cocoa: powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed → 0
Candidate hypernym: adzuki bean: bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds → 0
Candidate hypernym: incineration: the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes → 0
Candidate hypernym: chassis: the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor → 0
Candidate hypernym: majority opinion: the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion') → 0