ETYM French faculté, Latin facultas, from facilis easy (cf. facul easily), from fecere to make. Related to Fact, Facility.
Talent; capability; branch of study and its students in university; governing body of university or college; body of teachers and administrators in a university; Ecclesiastical, permission to add to or alter fabric of church.
Biology, able to exist in different forms and conditions.
One of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind; SYN. mental faculty, module.