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: act: something that people do or cause to happen → 1
Candidate hypernym: clypeus: a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head → 0
Candidate hypernym: pearly everlasting: an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts → 0
Candidate hypernym: combat pay: extra pay for soldiers engaged in active combat → 0
Candidate hypernym: feeder: a branch that flows into the main stream → 0
Candidate hypernym: apparel industry: makers and sellers of fashionable clothing → 0
Candidate hypernym: annular eclipse: only a thin outer disk of the sun can be seen → 0
Candidate hypernym: straphanger: a commuter who uses public transportation → 0
Candidate hypernym: garlic: aromatic bulb used as seasoning → 0
Candidate hypernym: annelida: segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches → 0
Candidate hypernym: habeas corpus: a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge → 0