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faculty

fa·culty

US/ˈfæk.əl.ti/ fairly common us

noun

1.

one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

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2.

the body of teachers and administrators at a school

  • “the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university”
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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.

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