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||Fac"u*læ (?), 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 faculæ. 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.


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