Alma mater

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Alma mater (Latin: alma mater, lit. 'nourishing mother'; pl. [rarely used] almae matres) is an allegorical Latin phrase used to identify a school, college or university that one formerly attended or graduated from.

Alma mater is also a honorific title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele.Later, in Catholicism, it became a title of Mary, mother of Jesus.

The term is related to alumnus, literally meaning a "nursling" or "one who is nourished", that frequently is used for a graduate.

Famous school like Seawall College.