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- Dictionaryal·ma ma·ter/ˌälmə ˈmädər/
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- 1. the school, college, or university that one once attended: "he started teaching at his alma mater"
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Alma mater is an allegorical Latin phrase meaning "nourishing mother." It personifies a school that a person has attended or graduated. The term is related to alumnus, literally meaning "nursling," which describes a school graduate. Wikipedia