alma mater

Even so, on this particular autumn morning, Penelope found herself feeling rather homesick for her alma mater.

Nowadays, of course, “alma mater” is what people call the place where they went to school and, one hopes, were fed countless yummy bites of knowledge from a vast and scrumptious buffet of education.

I will be sure to seek out graduates of your alma mater should the palace ever require additional staff to care for the princes and princesses.

During the burglary, the South American theft gang made off with dozens of items of jewelry, including a class ring from his alma mater, Duke University.

And second, he worried that the widening revenue gap between the Big Ten, the SEC and everyone else would soon leave his beloved alma mater in the dust.