2. Noun. An auxiliary or accessory ¹
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Definition of Ancilla
1. a helper [n -LAE or -LAS] - See also: helper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ancilla
Literary usage of Ancilla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"+ colona, vi, 44.—do., and his socius, col. + ancilla, xxiv, 118 ... an undefined
tenant + ancilla, hh. s. G., and a servus s. G., xv, 84. ..."
2. Report on the Turton Collection of South African Marine Mollusks, with by Paul Bartsch (1915)
"ancilla DECIPIENS Sowerby. Cat. No. 163022, USNM, contains one specimen from
Kowie, obtained from Sowerby and Fulton. ancilla REEVE! Smith. ancilla ..."
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