Instrumentality
WordNet

noun


(1)   An artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
(2)   The quality of being instrumental for some purpose
(3)   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"
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Noun



  1. The quality or condition of being instrumental; serving a purpose, being useful.
    • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 294:
      In a later vision the Saviour revealed to her in detail the ‘great design’ which he wished to establish through her instrumentality.
  2. A governmental organ with a specific purpose.
  3. Something that is instrumental
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