Alma

[al-muh, al-mah]

noun

1. a town in southeastern Quebec, in southeastern Canada.

2. a first name: from a Latin word meaning “kind.”

Example Sentences

If he looks and sounds like an art professor it’s because he is, having recently started working at his alma mater, Otis College of Art and Design — usually in Comme des Garçons, no less.

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When she returned to her alma mater, it seemed to be thriving.

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The speech was meant to be his triumphant return to his alma mater.

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What I’m saying about my alma mater losing that football game connects with what is happening to our country.

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Headquartered in Denver, Colo, Crescat was established 1999, its name derived from the motto of his alma mater, the University of Chicago: “Crescat scientia; vita excolatur,” which means, “Let knowledge grow to enrich life.”

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