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alma mater

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al·ma ma·ter or Al·ma Ma·ter  (lm mätr, älm)
n.
1. The school, college, or university that one has attended.
2. The anthem of an institution of higher learning.
[From Latin Alma Mter, nourishing mother (epithet of certain goddesses) : alma, feminine of almus, nourishing; see al-2 in Indo-European roots + mter, mother; see maternal.]
alma mater
Noun
the school, college, or university that one attended [Latin: bountiful mother]
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Noun1.alma materalma mater - your alma mater is a school you graduated from
school - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"
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