Faculty Definition

făkəl-tē

faculties

noun

faculties

The power to do; ability to perform an action.

Webster's New World

Any natural or specialized power of a living organism; sense.

The faculty of hearing, speech, etc.

Webster's New World

Power or ability to do some particular thing; special aptitude or skill.

A faculty for making friends.

Webster's New World

The teachers and instructors of a school or college, or of one of its divisions, especially those considered permanent, full-time employees.

American Heritage

In Canada, a college or school of a university.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Faculty

Singular:

faculty

Plural:

faculties

From Middle English faculte (“power, property”), from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas (“capability, ability, skill, abundance, plenty, stock, goods, properly, Medieval Latin also a body of teachers”), another form of facilitas (“easiness, facility, etc.”), from facul, another form of facilis (“easy, facile”); see facile.

From Wiktionary
Middle English faculte from Old French from Latin facultās power, ability from facilis easy dhē- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition