faculty
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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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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.
- He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.
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- See also Wikisaurus:faculty
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scholarly staff at colleges or universities
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division of a university
ability, skill, or power
[edit] External links
- faculty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- faculty in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
