Dictionary entry

Instrumentality

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In′stru‐men‐tal″i‐ty (?), n.; 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.