Brewer's: Matriculate

means to enrol oneself in a society. The University is called our alma mater (propitious mother). The students are her alumni (foster-children), and become so by being enrolled in a register after certain forms and examinations. (Latin, matricula a roll.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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