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  2. Alumni - Wikipedia

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    The Latin noun alumnus means "foster son" or "pupil" and is derived from the verb alere "to nourish". B Pictured: Lorado Taft's Alma Mater in Urbana, Illinois.. Alumni (sg.: alumnus (MASC) or alumna (FEM)) are former students or graduates of a school, college, or university.

  3. Alma mater - Wikipedia

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    "Alma Redemptoris Mater" is a well-known eleventh century antiphon devoted to Mary. [ 6 ] The earliest documented use of the term to refer to a university is in 1600, when the University of Cambridge printer, John Legate, began using an emblem for the university press .

  4. List of largest funerals - Wikipedia

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    Funeral Date Country City No. of attendees Television audience Funeral of Ludwig van Beethoven: March 29, 1827 Austrian Empire Vienna ~20,000 [1]: Funeral of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

  5. Undermatching - Wikipedia

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    Undermatching is a phenomenon in which well-qualified low-income school-leavers do not apply to colleges they are academically qualified for, such as elite competitive colleges or state flagship universities, like Rutgers University in New Jersey; instead, they apply to less challenging schools or do not attend college at all.

  6. Salon (gathering) - Wikipedia

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    Like Stein, she was also an author and American ex-pat living in Paris at the time, hosting literary salons that were attended by Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald as well. She bought a home with an old Masonic temple in the backyard which she dubbed Temple d’Amitié, the Temple of Friendship, for private meetings with attendees of her ...

  7. Church attendance - Wikipedia

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    Church attendance is a central religious practice for many Christians; some Christian denominations require church attendance on the Lord's Day (Sunday). The Canon Law of the Catholic Church states, "on Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass". [2]

  8. Academic institution - Wikipedia

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    Children generally attend primary school from around the age of four or five until the age of eleven or twelve. Secondary schools – institutions where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. It follows on from primary or elementary education. There are many different types of secondary school and ...

  9. College - Wikipedia

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    As well as an educational institution, the term, in accordance with its etymology, may also refer to any formal group of colleagues set up under statute or regulation; often under a Royal Charter. Examples include an electoral college, the College of Arms, a college of canons, and the College of Cardinals. Other collegiate bodies include ...