fac|ul|ty

fac|ul|ty
fac|ul|ty «FAK uhl tee», noun, plural -ties.
1. a power of the mind or body: »

the faculty of hearing, the faculty of memory. Old people sometimes lose their faculties.

 SYNONYM(S): capacity, capability.
2. the power to do some special thing, especially a power of the mind: »

She has a great faculty for arithmetic. ... that faculty of beholding at a hint the face of his desire and the shape of his dream (Joseph Conrad).

 SYNONYM(S): knack, talent.
3. the teachers of a school, college, or university.
4. a department of learning in a university: »

the faculty of theology, faculty of la. The faculty of medicine is made up of doctors, surgeons, etc., who teach and do research.

5. the members of a learned profession: »

The medical faculty is made up of many doctors including surgeons, internists, and pathologists.

6. Ecclesiastical. a permission, authorization, or right granted by an authority, as the permission granted by a bishop to a priest to hear confession within the diocese.
7. a power or privilege given by some authority.
8. one of the powers into which the mind was formerly believed to be divided, such as the reason, will, or memory.
9. Archaic. a trade; profession.
╂[< Latin facultās < facilis; see etym. under facile (Cf. ↑facile)]

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