faculty

The definition of a faculty is a power, ability or skill.

(noun)

An example of a faculty is sight.

Faculty is defined as all the members of a profession or the group of teachers at a specific educational organization.

(noun)

An example of a faculty are all the practicing doctors, the medical faculty.
An example of a faculty is the group of teachers at a specific elementary school.

See faculty in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. faculties

Obsolete the power to do; ability to perform an action
any natural or specialized power of a living organism; sense: the faculty of hearing, speech, etc.
power or ability to do some particular thing; special aptitude or skill: a faculty for making friends
Origin: ME < ML facultas, transl. of Aristotle's dynamis, branch of learning
in Canada, a college or school of a university
☆ all the teachers of a school, college, or university or of one of its departments or divisions
all the members of any of the learned professions
1. a power or privilege conferred by authority
2. R.C.Ch. authorization granted to a bishop, priest, etc. permitting the performance of certain acts or functions otherwise prohibited to him
Archaic what a person is trained to do
any of the powers of the mind, as will or reason

Origin: ME & OFr faculte < L facultas < facilis: see facile

See faculty in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. fac·ul·ties

An inherent power or ability.
Any of the powers or capacities possessed by the human mind. See Synonyms at ability.
The ability to perform or act.
a. Any of the divisions or comprehensive branches of learning at a college or university: the faculty of law.
b. The teachers and instructors within such a division.
c. A body of teachers.
All of the members of a learned profession: the medical faculty.
Authorization granted by authority; conferred power.
Archaic An occupation; a trade.