Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-CI-DENT'AL
IN-CI-DENT'AL, a.
- Happening as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence.
- Not necessary to the chief purpose; occasional. By some persons, religious duties appear to be regarded as incidental business. Rogers.
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