Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother". Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Mediæval Christianity for the Virgin Mary. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC A goddess is a Female Deity. Many Cultures have goddesses Often deities are part of a polytheistic system that includes several deities Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings In modern times it is used to refer to the university or college a person attends or attended.
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History
This term is from the motto ("Alma Mater Studiorum") of the oldest European, continuously-operating, degree-granting university: the University of Bologna, in Italy, founded in A. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna UNIBO) is one of the oldest continually operating degree-granting universities in the world Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest D. 1088, which is located in the city of Bologna. Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy It is also a term used in the Latin society.
Uses in academia
As a reference to an academic institution
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 or graduated from. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. In American English, it may also be used in reference to the high school that an individual has attended. Phonology North American English regional phonology In many ways compared to English English, North American English is conservative in its Phonology. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution
As a song
In addition to this, alma mater may be the incipit, the first line, of a school's anthem or song, and may be taken as a title for the genre. The incipit of a text such as a Poem, Song, or Book, is its first few words or opening line The term is more familiar in the United States than in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term often refers to the entire school song as opposed to simply the opening.
Uses in popular culture
- Rodrigo Leão, a portuguese musician has a song named "Alma Mater"
- "Alma Mater" is the name of an album by the Factory Records band Stockholm Monsters
- "Alma Mater" is a song performed by the Portuguese gothic metal and black metal band Moonspell, from the album Wolfheart in 1995. Rodrigo Leão is a Portuguese Musician and Composer. He was born in Lisbon in 1964 Factory Records was a Manchester based British Independent record label, started in 1978, which featured several prominent musical acts on its Moonspell is a Portuguese Black metal / Gothic metal band with Death/doom metal elements formed in 1989 as Morbid God
- In Chuck Berry's 1972 number one hit "My Ding-A-Ling", a live recording. Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St " My Ding-a-Ling " was a 1972 novelty hit record for Chuck Berry, and his only U Chuck can be heard saying to the audience, "We must do our Alma Mater". He then gets the females and males in the audience to sing alternate parts of the chorus.
- Morrissey released a song called "Alma Matters" on his Maladjusted album. Steven Patrick Morrissey (ˈmɒɹɪsiː born May 22, 1959) known primarily as Morrissey, is a British Singer and Lyricist " Alma Matters " is a song by Morrissey, released as a single in July 1997 Maladjusted is an Album by rock artist Morrissey, released on August 11, 1997.
- "Alma Mater" is a song performed by Alice Cooper on his "School's Out" album in 1972. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer songwriter and musician whose career spans five
- The bronze statue on the steps of Low Library on the campus of Columbia University is of an anthropomorphic Alma Mater, and named so. The Low Memorial Library is the administrative center of Columbia University. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League.
External links
- Definition of alma mater at Merriam-Webster Online
- An example of an alma mater "Ah! Well I Remember!", from the University of Northern Colorado
- "Crimson and the Blue", the alma mater of the University of Kansas
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