About The Word Ancillary
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Ancillary
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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 See Also | 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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