alma mater

(Latin - meaning "nourishing mother") college or university where one studied

Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother". It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary.This term is taken from the motto ("Alma Mater Studiorum") of the oldest European continually operating degree-granting university, the University of Bologna, in Italy, founded in A.D. 1088, and located in the city of Bologna.In many modern languages it is usually and principally heard as a term of academia; thus, in the English language, it is often used in place of the name of the university or college a person has attended. In American English, it is also heard in reference to a high school or elementary school.
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Noun
1. your alma mater is a school you graduated from
(hypernym) school

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n. alma mater