faculty

Definition

The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.

Etymology

From Middle English faculte (“power, property”), from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas (“capability, ability, skill, abundance, plenty, stock, goods, property; in Medieval Latin also a body of teachers”), another form of facilitas (“easiness, facility, etc.”), from facul, another form of facilis (“easy, facile”); see facile. Doublet of facility.

Example Sentences

• "She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine."
• "He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact."
• "What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty!"

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