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FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

FACULTY (through the See also:
FRENCH
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
French, from the See also:
LAT
Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another See also:
FORM (Lat. forma)
form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the See also:
ORIGINAL
original meaning) , See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power or capacity of mind or See also:

BODY

body for particular kinds of activity, feeling, &c. In the See also:

early See also:

HISTORY

history of See also:

psychology the See also:

TERM

term was applied to various See also:

MENTAL

mental processes considered as causes or conditions of the mind—a treatment of " class concepts of mental phenomena as if they were real forces producing these phenomena " (G. F. Stout, See also:

ANALYTIC (the adjective of " analysis," q.v.)

Analytic Psychology, vol. i. p. 17). In See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval Latin facultas was used to translate Suvaµis in the Aristotelian application of the word to a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of learning or knowledge, and thus it is particularly applied to the various departments of knowledge as taught in a university and to the body of teachers of the particular See also:

art or See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science taught. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal " faculties " in the medieval See also:

UNIVERSITIES

universities were See also:

THEOLOGY

theology, See also:

CANON

canon and See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

law, See also:

MEDICINE

medicine and arts (see UNIVERSITIES). A further See also:

EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of this use is to the body of members of any particular profession. In law, " faculty " is a See also:

DISPENSATION

dispensation or See also:

LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence to do that which is not permitted by the See also:

COMMON

common law. The word in this sense is used only in ecclesiastical law. A faculty maybe granted to be ordained See also:

DEACON (Gr. S&& ovos, minister, servant)

deacon under twenty-three years of See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age; to hold two livings at once (usually called a licence or dispensation, but granted under the See also:

seal of the See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of faculties; see See also:

BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

BENEFICE); to be married at any See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place or See also:

time (usually called a See also:

SPECIAL

special licence; see See also:

MARRIAGE

MARRIAGE; LICENCE); to See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as a See also:

NOTARY, or NOTARY PUBLIC

notary public (q.v.). Any alteration in a See also:

church, such as an addition or diminution in the fabric or the utensils or ornaments of the church, cannot strictly be made without the legal See also:

SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

sanction of the See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary, which can only be expressed by the issue of a faculty.

So a faculty would be required for a vault, for the removal of a body, for the purpose of erecting monuments, for alterations in a parsonage See also:

house, for See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick See also:

GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

graves, for the See also:

apportionment of a seat, &c. Cathedrals, however, are exempt from the See also:

NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity for a faculty before making alterations in the fabric, utensils or ornaments. The See also:

court of faculties is the court of the See also:

ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop for granting faculties. It is a court in which there is no litigation or holding of pleas. Its See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief officer is called the See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of faculties, and he is one and the same with the See also:

JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the court of See also:

ARCHES, COURT OF

arches. Attached to the court of faculties are a registrar and See also:

DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy registrars, a chief clerk and See also:

RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record-keeper, and a seal keeper. In See also:

Scotland the society of See also:

ADVOCATES, FACULTY OF

advocates of the court of session, and See also:

LOCAL

local bodies of legal practitioners, are described as faculties.

End of Article: FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

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