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instrumentary, a.|ɪnstruːˈmɛntərɪ|
[f. instrument + -ary; cf. F. instrumentaire (15th c.).]
†1. Of the nature of or serving as an instrument or means (= instrumental a. 1); of or belonging to an instrument or means. Obs.
a1617Bayne On Eph. (1658) 151 This opinion maketh the divine properties become instrumentary faculties, as it were to a finite nature. 1642Declar. Lords & Comm. 3 Aug. 6 Made use of..as instrumentary and subservient to it. 1657M. Lawrence Use & Pract. Faith 83 Faith doth not justifie by merit..but onely by the instrumentary application of Christ's righteousness.
†2. Serving for some particular vital function; organic: = instrumental a. 4. Obs.
1564P. Moore Hope Health i. iv. 7 All other instrumentarie members besides these foure, are lesse principall. 1638A. Read Chirurg. ii. 9 The veines and arteries are instrumentary parts.
3. Sc. Law. Of or relating to a deed or legal instrument; in phr. instrumentary witness, one who witnesses a deed. (Cf. instrumentar.)
1722W. Forbes Instit. Law Scot. ii. 176 Witnesses in written Contracts, called Instrumentary witnesses. 1773Erskine Instit. Law Scot. (ed. 2) iv. ii. §5. 666 Offered to be proved by the oaths of the procurator and instrumentary witnesses. 1868Act 31 & 32 Vict. c. 101 §139 It shall be competent for any female person..to act as an instrumentary witness in the same manner as any male person. |