Alma mater
Alma mater noun - Your alma mater is a school you graduated from.
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Synonyms for Alma mater
Institute and alma mater are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Institute" instead a noun phrase "Alma mater".
Institute
Institute noun - A group of persons formally joined together for some common interest.
Alma mater and institute are semantically related. You can use "Alma mater" instead a noun "Institute".
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Related pairs
- association and alma mater
- association and institute
- place and alma mater
- place and institute
- establishment and alma mater
- establishment and institute
- organization and alma mater
- organization and institute
- school and alma mater
- school and institute
- institution and alma mater
- institution and institute
- conservatory and alma mater
- conservatory and institute
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- It instead was eventually installed at the Virginia Military Institute (Patton's alma mater).
- This doesn't seem too bad, as the novel opens "I wear the ring" and every alumnus of the Carolina Military Institute (based on Conroy's alma mater, The Citadel) is proud of their rings.
Source: Covers Always Lie / Literature
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