Faculty

fak′ul-ti, n. facility or power to act: any particular ability or aptitude: an original power of the mind: any physical capability or function: personal quality or endowment: right, authority, or privilege to act: license: a department of learning at a university, or the profe ors constituting it: the members of a profe ion: executive ability.— adj. Fac′ultātive , optional: of or pertaining to a faculty.— Court of Faculties , a court established by Henry VIII., whereby authority is given to the Archbishop of Canterbury to grant dispensations and faculties. [Fr.,—L. facultatem — facilis , easy.]