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ancillary

/ˈæn.səˌlɛɹ.i/

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What does ancillary mean?

adjective

  1. Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.

noun

  1. Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
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noun

  1. (archaic) An auxiliary.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈæn.səˌlɛɹ.i/

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This is the case among the leisure class and among certain portions of the population which are ancillary to that class.
Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassProject Gutenberg ebook #833
If this be so, Darwin's first and second principles are subordinate and ancillary to the third, an expression, so far as it is instinctive or hereditary, being "the direct result of the constitution of the nervous system."
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
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Here, too, we find medicine ancillary to religion.
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566
There is only one exception to the principle of directing all our strength against the centre of gravity of the enemy’s power, that is, if ancillary expeditions promise extraordinary advantages, and still, in this case, it is a condition assumed, that we have such a decisive superiority as enables us to undertake such enterprises without incurring too great risk at the point which forms our great object.
Carl von ClausewitzOn WarTranslated by J. J. (James John) GrahamProject Gutenberg ebook #1946