Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary, subsidiary, supportive

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