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Definition of "per accidens" []
- By chance; by reason of an accidental, incidental or non-essential circumstance; contingently; indirectly. (adverb)
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Use "per accidens" in a sentence
- "St. Thomas Aquinas and his school adopted the Aristotelian view, “Mulier est erratum naturae, et mas occasionatus, et per accidens generatur; atque ideo est monstrum.”"
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