fac·ul·ty 
(făkəl-tē)
(făkəl-tē)n. pl. fac·ul·ties
1.
a. An inherent power or ability: the faculty of speech.
b. A talent or natural ability for something: has a wonderful faculty for storytelling.
2.
a. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The teachers and instructors of a school or college, or of one of its divisions, especially those considered permanent, full-time employees.
b. One of the divisions of a college or university: the faculty of law.
c. All of the members of a learned profession: the medical faculty.
3. Authorization granted by authority; conferred power.
4. Archaic An occupation; a trade.
[Middle English faculte, from Old French, from Latin facultās, power, ability, from facilis, easy; see dhē- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- collectedness
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- collective memory
- collectiveness
- collective noun
- collective unconscious
- collectivism
- collectivist
- collectivistic
- collectivistically
- collectivity
- collectivization
- collectivize
- collector
- collectorship
- colleen
- college
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