ancillary Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite furnishing added support
    auxiliary; accessory; adjunct; adjuvant; appurtenant.
    • an ancillary pump
    • an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism
    • The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other

WordNet

An"cil*la*ry adjective
Etymology
L. ancillaris, fr. ancilla a female servant.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913