Alma mater is an allegorical Latin phrase used to identify a school, college or university from which one formerly attended or/and graduated.
Alma mater is also an honorific title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele. Later, in Catholicism, it became the title of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Alma mater is also an honorific title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele. Later, in Catholicism, it became the title of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
The term entered academic use when the University of Bologna adopted the motto Alma Mater Studiorum, to celebrate the university's historic status as the oldest and longest continuously operating university in the world.
The term is related to alumnus, literally meaning a "nursling" or "one who is nourished", that frequently is used for a graduate.
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