alma mater
a school, college, or university at which one has studied and, usually, from which one has graduated.
the official anthem of a school, college, or university.
Origin of alma mater
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How to use alma mater in a sentence
The portrait of her that once hung at Oxford University, her alma mater, was quietly placed in storage.
Aung San Suu Kyi Faces New Charges After the Coup. Can Myanmar's Democracy Survive Without Her? | Amy Gunia | February 3, 2021 | TimeGeorge McDonald, the Wolfpack’s previous wide receivers coach, was recently hired at Illinois, his alma mater.
Maryland football staff faces more turnover with the departure of multiple assistants | Emily Giambalvo | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostLuckily, Koney found work as a teaching assistant at his alma mater — a role that didn’t just put food on the table but also had him helping students build solar go-karts, robotic farm assistants and more.
She remembers a girl with a dream to attend the University of Virginia, the alma mater of her father, who died of cancer when Yeardley was in ninth grade.
Yeardley Love’s mother has spent a decade working to end relationship abuse | Taylor DeVille | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostThe concerns of confirming Judge Barrett have also been expressed by former colleagues and peers from two of her alma maters, Rhodes College and Notre Dame Law.
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For the first time since I put my acceptance letter in the mail, I woke up this morning ashamed of my alma mater.
He was disappointed to find out that his alma mater was not represented.
DINO Hunters Are Dreaming Hipster Dreams of the DNC in Brooklyn | David Freedlander | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDo you know Richard Bargis, assistant professor of philosophy at your alma mater?
The Perfect Podium: When Kate arrived at her alma mater, St. Andrews, to give a speech, she was greeted by a podium waist-high.
A graduate of Mariana, Jonah has returned to his alma mater with a covert agenda.
Must-Read Fiction: ‘The Watch,’ ‘Alys, Always,’ ‘The Year of the Gadfly’ | Cameron Martin, Lucy Scholes, Amber Dermont | June 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd they sat her on a sofa and told her what they knew of her alma mater and her relatives and her character generally.
Smith College Stories | Josephine Dodge DaskamThree years later his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2) | William Denison LymanIt was about a year and a half later that Kane had occasion to revisit the city of his alma mater.
Kings in Exile | Sir Charles George Douglas RobertsAs the good mother at home was to each student in that assembly, so was their dear alma mater to them all.
Greifenstein | F. Marion CrawfordTo educate a whole family of boys and girls at the "dear old alma mater" is now an exploded fancy.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment | Charles E. Bolton
British Dictionary definitions for alma mater
/ (ˈælmə ˈmɑːtə, ˈmeɪtə) /
(often capitals) one's school, college, or university
Origin of alma mater
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Cultural definitions for 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.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Other Idioms and Phrases with alma mater
Also, Alma Mater. The school or college one attended and, usually, graduated from, as in During football season I always check to see how my alma mater is doing. This expression sometimes refers to the institution's official song, as in I never did learn the words to my college's alma mater. The term is Latin for “kind mother.” [c. 1800]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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