ancillary

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹiː/ / /ˈæn.səˌlɛɹ.i/ / [ˈɛn.səˌlɛɹ.i]

Etymology: From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to female slaves”), from ancilla (“slave-woman”).

Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.
“[…] how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man.”
“[E]very organ of the body, whatever function it may perform, must also perform the other four functions in an ancillary manner.”

Etymology: From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to female slaves”), from ancilla (“slave-woman”).

Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
“Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler.”
An auxiliary.