faculty

1. One of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind (synset 105658174)
   is a type of: ability, power - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
   subtypes:

   • attention - the faculty or power of mental concentration
   • language, speech - the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
   • memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity - the power of retaining and recalling past experience
   • intellect, reason, understanding - the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
   • sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency - the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
   • volition, will - the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
   same as: mental faculty, module
2. The body of teachers and administrators at a school (synset 108304507)
   "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"
   is a type of: body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
   member holonym: prof, professor - someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
   belongs to: school - an educational institution
   same as: staff

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