faculty
/ˈfæk.əl.ti/ nom B2En français : faculté, composante, U.E.R., U.F.R.
- The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
- A division of a university. · She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.
- An ability, power, or skill. · He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.
- An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
- A licence to make alterations to a church.
- The members of a profession.
Pluriel faculties
Dans la bibliothèque
Puerile as such an exercise may seem, it sharpens the faculties of observation, and teaches one where to look and what to look for.
Still I had had such extraordinary evidence of the quickness of his perceptive faculties, that I had no doubt that he could see a great deal which was hidden from me.
“Of course you’ll win one of them anyhow,” said Jane, who couldn’t understand how the faculty could be so unfair as to order it otherwise.
His thin face, deeply furrowed by care, and the bold outline of his strongly marked features, betokened a man more accustomed to exercise his mental faculties than his physical strength.
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