Faculty
Pronunciation
- IPA: /fækÊŠltiË/
Origin
From Middle English faculte ("power, property"), from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, another form of facilitas ("easiness, facility, etc."), from facul, another form of facilis ("easy, facile"); see facile.
Full definition of faculty
Noun
faculty
(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.
- 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., The Myth of Mental Illness Chapter 12I have used the notion of games so far as if it were familiar to most people. I think this is justified as everyone knows how to play some games. Accordingly, games serve admirably as models for the clarification of other, less well-understood, social-psychological phenomena. Yet the ability to follow rules, play games, and construct new games is a faculty not equally shared by all persons. ...
- He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.