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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.
  • Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.
  • Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.

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Noun:

  • Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the '''circumstantials''' of religion.

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