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ancilla
[ an-sil-uh ]
noun
, plural an·cil·las.
- an accessory; auxiliary or adjunct.
- Archaic. a maidservant.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ancilla1
First recorded in 1870–75; from Latin: literally, “handmaid,” diminutive of ancula “maid,” from unrecorded anquola, equivalent to an-, a variant of ambi- “around” + -quola, noun derivative of the root kwel-, kwol- “turn about,” hence “one who circles around”; cognate with Greek amphípolos “attendant”; ambi-, amphi-, ancile
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Example Sentences
The more data and ancilla qubits that make up each logical qubit, the more errors that can be detected and corrected.
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The larger is Ancilla pyramidalis, the smaller Ancilla mucronata.
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Surely those enlightened men mused with spiritual benefit before the Ecce ancilla Domini at Moissac?
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Serva means a female slave, with especial reference to her legal condition; ancilla, in ordinary life, as the feminine of servus.
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There are two other kinds of Ancilla found in New Zealand, the one much larger, and the other much smaller, than the one depicted.
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At the age of twenty-two, Ancilla turned a dancer and Spina became a singer.
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