CALEFACTORY

calefactory, calefactive

(adjective) serving to heat; “a heating pad is calefactory”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

calefactory (comparative more calefactory, superlative most calefactory)

warming

Noun

calefactory (plural calefactories)

(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.

A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands

Synonyms

• (monastic room): common house, warming house, pisalis, pyrale

Source: Wiktionary

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Cal`e*fac"to*ry, a. Etym: [L. calefactorius.]

Definition: Making hot; producing or communicating heat.

Cal`e*fac"to*ry, n.

1. (Eccl.)

Definition: An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.

2. A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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