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ancillary

an·cil·lary

UK/ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹiː/ US/ˈæn.səˌlɛɹ.i/ uncommon archaic

adjective

1.

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”
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Origin

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

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