Term: assumption: celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church
Candidate hypernym: holy day of obligation: a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion → 1
Candidate hypernym: due care: the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty → 0
Candidate hypernym: cephalic vein: a large vein of the arm that empties into the axillary vein → 0
Candidate hypernym: car seat: a seat in a car → 0
Candidate hypernym: oppression: the act of subjugating by cruelty → 0
Candidate hypernym: creaminess: the property of having the thickness of heavy cream → 0
Candidate hypernym: alpha fetoprotein: an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly) → 0
Candidate hypernym: hired help: employee hired for domestic or farm work (often used in the singular to refer to several employees collectively) → 0
Candidate hypernym: histidine: an essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue → 0
Candidate hypernym: stricture: severe criticism → 0
Candidate hypernym: episcopalianism: the theological doctrine of church government by bishops → 0