faculty

Universal Words noun (plural faculties) 1 [C,usually pl.] any of the physical or mental abilities that a person is born with: the faculty of sight * She retained her mental faculties (= the ability to think and understand) until the day she died. * to be in full possession of your faculties (= be able to speak, hear, see, understand, etc.) * intellectual / critical / artistic faculties 2 [sing.] ~ of / for (doing) sth (formal) a particular ability for doing sth: the faculty of understanding complex issues * a faculty for seeing his own mistakes 3 [C] a department or group of related departments in a college or university: the Faculty of Law * the Arts Faculty 4 [C+sing./pl.v.] all the teachers in a faculty of a college or university: the Law School faculty * a faculty meeting * faculty members 5 [C,U] (often the faculty) (AmE) all the teachers of a particular university or college: faculty members