D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Instrumentality

/ĭnˌ-strəm-ĕn-tăl'-ĭt-ē/ · In·stru·men·tal·i·ty · IPA /ˌɪnstɹʊmɛnˈtælɪti/
01 n. The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.
pl. Instrumentalities
  1. 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.