Term: rite of passage: a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as from adolescence to adulthood)
Candidate hypernym: ritual: any customary observance or practice → 1
Candidate hypernym: pholiota: genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood → 0
Candidate hypernym: federal emergency management agency: an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities → 0
Candidate hypernym: permanganic acid: an unstable purple acid (HMnO4) known only in solution or of permanganate salts → 0
Candidate hypernym: septet: a musical composition written for seven performers → 0
Candidate hypernym: shamrock pea: trailing trifoliate Asiatic and African herb having cobalt blue flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: squad room: a room in a police station where members of the force assemble for roll call and duty assignments → 0
Candidate hypernym: malayo-polynesian: the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific → 0
Candidate hypernym: american labor party: a former political party in the United States; formed in 1936 in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party → 0
Candidate hypernym: dove: someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations → 0
Candidate hypernym: medal play: golf scoring by total strokes taken → 0