Ancilla
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Ancilla may refer to:
- Ancilla CollegeAncilla CollegeAncilla College, near Donaldson, Indiana, is a two-year private liberal arts college that admits both men and women students. Ancilla College was originally founded by the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ in 1937 as an extension of DePaul University for the training of novices and candidates of the...
- Ancilla (quantum computing)Ancilla (quantum computing)An ancilla bit is a fixed input bit into a logic gate. In reversible quantum computing circuits, an ancilla bit is a prepared fixed qubit state used for input to a gate to give the gate a more specific logic function ....
- Ancilla (gastropod)Ancilla (gastropod)Ancilla, common name the ancillas, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Olividae.-Species:Species within the genus Ancilla include:* Ancilla acuminata...
- a genus of Olive shellOlive ShellOlive shells, olive snails, or olives, scientific name Olividae, are a family of medium to large predatory sea snails with smooth, shiny, elongated oval-shaped shells. The shells often show various muted but attractive colors, and may be patterned also...
s - Ancilla DeiAncilla DeiIn early Christian inscriptions the title ancilla Dei is often given to a deceased woman. From the meaning attached to this term in the Middle Ages it has sometimes been assumed that the persons so qualified in the first age of Christianity were consecrated virgins.The inscriptions containing this...
, a title given to a deceased woman in early Christian inscriptions.