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noun, plural -ties.
1.
an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
2.
one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech: Though very sick, he is in full possession of all his faculties.
3.
an inherent capability of the body: the faculties of sight and hearing.
4.
exceptional ability or aptitude: a president with a faculty for management.
5.
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the members of a learned profession: the medical faculty.
7.
a power or privilege conferred by the state, a superior, etc.: The police were given the faculty to search the building.
8.
COLLAPSEEcclesiastical. a dispensation, license, or authorization.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English faculte < Anglo-French, Middle French < Latin facultāt- (stem of facultās) ability, power, equivalent to facil(is) easy (see facile) + -tāt- -ty2; compare facility
1350–1400; Middle English faculte < Anglo-French, Middle French < Latin facultāt- (stem of facultās) ability, power, equivalent to facil(is) easy (see facile) + -tāt- -ty2; compare facility
Related forms
in·ter·fac·ul·ty, noun, plural -ties, adjective
pro·fac·ul·ty, adjective
un·der·fac·ul·ty, noun, plural -ties.
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Word Origin & History
faculty
late 14c., "ability, means, resources," from O.Fr. faculté, from L. facultatem (nom. facultas) "power, ability, wealth," from *facli-tat-s, from facilis (see facile). Academic sense was probably the earliest in English (attested in Anglo-L. from late 12c.), on notion
EXPANDof "ability in knowledge." Originally each department was a faculty; the use in reference to the whole teaching staff of a college dates from 1767.
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Medical Dictionary
faculty fac·ul·ty (fāk'əl-tē)
n.
A natural or specialized power of a living organism.
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