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ANCILLARY(law)
Ancillary Relief(law)
ancillary services, hospital(medicine)

ancillary (iou)



ancillary adjective & noun. M17.
[Latin ancillaris, formed as ANCILLA: see -ARY2.]
A. adjective.
Subservient, subordinate; auxiliary, providing support; now esp. providing essential support or services to a central function or industry, esp. to hospital medical staff. (Foll. by to.) M17.
R. Fry It is an adjectival and ancillary beauty scarcely worthy of our prolonged contemplation. H. Wilson A period of great anxiety in the medical profession and occupations ancillary to medicine. Financial Times Its latest offer of 7.5 per cent for nurses and 6 per cent for ancillary staff and other grades.
Of or pertaining to maidservants. rare. M19.
Thackeray The ancillary beauty was the one whom the Prince had selected.
b. noun. An auxiliary, an accessory; an ancillary worker. M19.