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Ancillary

Ancillary Meaning & Definition
Ancillary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ancillary?

[adj] relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ancillary: accessory | adjunct | adjuvant | appurtenant | auxiliary | subsidiary | supportive

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ancillary: accessory | accompanying | additional | adjuvant | another | appurtenant | assistant | assisting | attendant | attending | auxiliary | coincident | collateral | contributory | extra | farther | fostering | fresh | further | helping | incident | instrumental | ministerial | ministering | ministrant | more | new | nurtural | nutricial | other | plus | satellite | serving | spare | subservient | subsidiary | supernumerary | supplemental | supplementary | surplus | ulterior

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Ancillary In Webster's Dictionary

\An"cil*la*ry\, a. [L. ancillaris, fr. ancilla a female servant.] Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary. The Convocation of York seems to have been always considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the greater province. --Hallam.

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