||Fac"u*lÊ (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of facula a little torch.] (Astron.)
||Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are
||brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They are generally
||seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be
||elevated portions of the photosphere. Newcomb.
Fac"u*lar (?) a. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the faculÊ. R. A.
Proctor.
Fac"ul*ty (?), n.; pl. Faculties (#). [F. facult&?;, L. facultas, fr.
facilis easy (cf. facul easily), fr. fecere to make. See Fact, and cf.
Facility.] 1. Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated;
capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power
or capacity for any of the well-known classes of mental activity;
psychical or soul capacity; capacity for any of the leading kinds of
soul activity, as knowledge, feeling, volition; intellectual endowment
or gift; power; as, faculties of the mind or the soul.
But know that in the soul Are many lesser faculties that serve
Reason as chief.
Milton.
What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite
in faculty !
Shak.