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Webster 1913 Edition


Instrumentality

Inˊstru-men-tal′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Instrumentalities
.
The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.
The
instrumentality
of faith in justification.
Bp. Burnet.
The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense in a new
instrumentality
.
J. H. Newman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Instrumentality

INSTRUMENTAL'ITY

,
Noun.
Subordinate or auxiliary agency; agency of any thing as means to an end; as the instrumentality of second causes.