- plural of faculty.
faculties
Example Sentences
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In a normal criminal trial, a jury would be invited to decide whether or not a defendant had the mental faculties required to be guilty of the offence as well.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
In the closing days of the war, close allies questioned his mental faculties.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
No adult treats any other adult that way unless they’ve lost their mental faculties or never had them.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2025
As her faculties dwindle, will she feel more at ease with the robot than with her family?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
St. Augustine—who in his Confessions writes, “I came to the fields and spacious palaces of memory”—gave memory the honor of being one of the three faculties of the soul.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
