faculty

fac·ul·ty

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Sight is an example of a faculty.

noun

The definition of a faculty is a power, ability or skill.
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.
1. An example of a faculty are all the practicing doctors, the medical faculty.
2. An example of a faculty is the group of teachers at a specific elementary school.

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faculty

noun

pl. -·ties

Obs. 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 of faculty
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. [usually pl.]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 of faculty

Middle English and Old French faculte from Classical Latin facultas from facilis: see facile

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faculty

noun

pl. fac·ul·ties

a. An inherent power or ability: the faculty of speech.
b. A talent or natural ability for something: has a wonderful faculty for storytelling.
a. used with a sing. or pl. verb The teachers and instructors of a school or college, or of one of its divisions, especially those considered permanent, full-time employees.
b. One of the divisions of a college or university: the faculty of law.
c. All of the members of a learned profession: the medical faculty.
Authorization granted by authority; conferred power.
Archaic An occupation; a trade.

Origin of faculty

Middle English faculte from Old French from Latin facultās power, ability from facilis easy ; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(plural faculties)

The scholarly staff at colleges or universities, as opposed to the students or support staff.
A division of a university (e.g. a Faculty of Science or Faculty of Medicine).
An ability, skill, or power, often plural.
He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.

Related terms

facultative

Origin

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.

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