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an·cil·lar·y
 (  n  s  -l  r   )
KEY
ADJECTIVE:
- Of secondary importance:
"For Degas, sculpture was never more than ancillary to his painting"
(Herbert Read).
- Auxiliary; helping:
an ancillary pump.
NOUN:
pl.
an·cil·lar·ies
- Something, such as a workbook, that is subordinate to something else, such as a textbook.
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Archaic
A servant.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin ancilla, maidservant, feminine diminutive of anculus, servant; see kwel-
1 in Indo-European roots
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