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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

accessory, accompanying, additional, adjuvant, another, appurtenant, assistant, assisting, attendant, attending, auxiliary, coincident, collateral, contributory, extra, farther, fostering, fresh, further, helping, incident, instrumental, ministerial, ministering, ministrant, more, new, nurtural, nutricial, other, plus, satellite, serving, spare, subservient, subsidiary, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, ulterior

Dictionary Results for ancillary:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

ancillary
    adj 1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an
           adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and
           emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory,
           adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant,
           auxiliary]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ancillary \An"cil*la*ry\, a. [L. ancillaris, fr. ancilla a
   female servant.]
   Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.
   [1913 Webster]

         The Convocation of York seems to have been always
         considered as inferior, and even ancillary, to the
         greater province.                        --Hallam.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

ANCILLARY. That which is subordinate on, or is. subordinate to, some other
decision. Encyc. Lond. 1

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