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Mater Turrita

[ too-ree-tuh ]

/ tʊˈri tə /

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noun Roman Religion.

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Words nearby Mater Turrita

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Example sentences from the Web for Mater Turrita

For the first time since I put my acceptance letter in the mail, I woke up this morning ashamed of my alma mater.
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He was disappointed to find out that his alma mater was not represented.
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And then there's Laurie (Amy Brenneman), the Garveys' mater familias.
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One suspects that the young men will not be hurtling back to their alma “step-mater” any time soon.
India Row Evokes Cricket’s Ultranationalist Tebbit Test|Tunku Varadarajan|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Do you know Richard Bargis, assistant professor of philosophy at your alma mater?
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The Vulgate translates: “Et obviabit illi quasi mater honorificata, et quasi mulier a virginitate suscipiet illum.”
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Among these are "Medusa," a bronze bust; and a "Mater Dolorosa," in terra-cotta.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
In the group of coins here illustrated it will be noticed that the Mater Deorum is conventionally throned upon a rock.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
The mater has a herd of them—jolly little beasts, but a bit wicked, some of them.
Mary Gray|Katharine Tynan
The dura mater should be carefully protected from injury as well as the pin.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine|James J. Walsh

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