instrumentality

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The condition or quality of being instrumental; being useful; serving a purpose.

   In a later vision the Saviour revealed to her in detail the 'great design' which he wished to establish through her instrumentality.

2. 2
   noun

   Something that is instrumental; an instrument.

   He spoke of the various instrumentalities which were now employed for the conversion of the world.

3. 3
   noun

   A governmental organ with a specific purpose.

   Any work in which the copyright was ever owned or administered by the Alien Property Custodian and in which the restored copyright would be owned by a government or instrumentality thereof, is not a restored work.

4. 4
   noun

   an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end

From instrumental + -ity.

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