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   An·cil·lar·y

   /ˈansəˌlerē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, institution, industry, or system: "the development of ancillary services to support its products"
   • ▪ additional; subsidiary: "paragraph 19 was merely ancillary to paragraph 16"

   noun

   • 1. a person whose work provides necessary support to the primary activities of an organization, institution, or industry: "the employment of specialist teachers and ancillaries"
   • ▪ something which functions in a supplementary or supporting role: "undergraduate courses of three main subjects with related ancillaries"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin ancillaris, from ancilla ‘maidservant’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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