instrumentality Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose
    • are the judicial instrumentalities of local governments adequate?
    • he studied the French instrumentalities for law enforcement
  2. noun the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
  3. noun an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
    instrumentation.

WordNet

In`stru*men*tal"i*ty noun
Wordforms
plural Instrumentalities
Definitions
  1. 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 1913