faculties

Noun

faculty (plural faculties)

1. (Canada, Philippines, US) The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
2. A division of a university.
   • She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.
3. (Often in the plural) An ability, power, or skill.
   • He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.
4. An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
   • Unless he has bi-ritual faculties, the Latin priest must baptize and confirm the Eastern rite person, whether infant or adult, according to the liturgical books of the Latin church ( canon 846 , §2 ).1994, John M. Huels, The Catechumenate and the Law, page 41
5. (Church-of-England) A licence to make alterations to a church.
6. The members of a profession.