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Al·ma ma·ter

/ˌälmə ˈmädər/

noun
- 1. the school, college, or university that one once attended: "he started teaching at his alma mater"
- ▪ the anthem of a school, college, or university.
Word Origin mid 17th century (in the general sense ‘someone or something providing nourishment’): Latin, literally ‘generous mother’.
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School or university that a person has attended
Alma mater is an allegorical Latin phrase used to proclaim a school that a person has attended or, more usually, from which one has graduated. Alma mater is also a honorific title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele. Later, in Catholicism, it became a title of Mary, mother of Jesus. Wikipedia
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