·adj Incidental; relating to, but not essential.
II. Circumstantial ·adj Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents.
III. Circumstantial ·adj Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.
IV. Circumstantial ·noun Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential;
— generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion.