instrumentalities

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instrumentalities - 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.
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           The instrumentality of faith in justification. --Bp.
                                                    Burnet.
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           The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of
           attack and defense in a new instrumentality. --J. H.
                                                    Newman.
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