, denotes the several parts of an university, divided according to the arts or sciences taught or professed there. In most universities there are four Faculties; that of arts, which includes philosophy and the humanities or languages, and is the most ancient and extensive; the 2d is that of theology; the 3d, that of medicine; and the 4th, jurisprudence, or laws.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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