alma matres

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al⋅ma ma⋅ter

[ahl-muh mah-ter, al-; al-muh mey-ter]

–noun

1.	a school, college, or university at which one has studied and, usually, from which one has graduated.

2.	the official anthem of a school, college, or university.

Origin:
< L: nourishing (i.e., dear) mother

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alma mater [(al-muh mah-tuhr, ahl-muh mah-tuhr)]

The school or university from which one graduated. The term also refers to a school's official song: “The reunion began with everyone singing the alma mater.” From Latin, meaning “nurturing mother.”

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Word Origin & History

Alma Mater

1398, from L., lit. "bountiful mother," title Romans gave to goddesses, especially Ceres and Cybele, from alma, fem. of almus "nourishing," from alere "to nourish" (see old) + mater "mother." First used 1710 in sense of "one's university or school" in ref. to British universities.

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