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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
agency, agent, channel, device, energy, expedient, force, going between, instrument, instrumentation, intermediation, machinery, mean, mechanism, mediation, medium, might, ministry, organ, power, recourse, resort, service, vehicle
Dictionary Results for instrumentality:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
instrumentality
    n 1: 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: the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
    3: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in
       accomplishing some end [syn: instrumentality,
       instrumentation]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Instrumentality \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.
   [1913 Webster]

         The instrumentality of faith in justification. --Bp.
                                                  Burnet.
   [1913 Webster]

         The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of
         attack and defense in a new instrumentality. --J. H.
                                                  Newman.
   [1913 Webster]
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