The seat of consciousness or thought, the mind: sometimes connoting one of its functions, as memory or attention. Obsolete.

A natural faculty; a particular power of the body or mind; a personal talent or skill. Frequently in plural.

One of the several ‘powers’ of the mind, variously enumerated by psychologists: e.g. the will, the reason, memory, etc.

A mental or spiritual faculty regarded as an instrument of the mind or soul. Obsolete.