ANCILLARY

accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary

(adjective) furnishing added support; “an ancillary pump”; “an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism”; “The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

ancillary (comparative more ancillary, superlative most ancillary)

Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary

Synonym: accessory

Noun

ancillary (plural ancillaries)

Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.

(archaic) An auxiliary.

Anagrams

• Carlylian, cranially

Source: Wiktionary


An"cil*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. ancillaris, fr. ancilla a female servant.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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