Faculty

fak'ul-tt, n. Ability to act or perform; esp., original capacity for mental activity intellectual endowment power privilege or permi ion cense a body of men to whom any specific privilege is granted in Europe, the graduates in any of the 4 departments of a university or college (Philosophy, Law, Medicine, and Theology); the members of a profe ion or calling the corps of profe ors and tutors in an American college. [F. Jaculte", L. facultas, contr. oifacilitas. See Facility, under Facile.]