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calefactory

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1. calefactory - Noun

2. calefactory - Adjective

3. calefactory - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Making hot; producing or communicating heat.

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

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.

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a heating pad is calefactory Source: Internet

Beyond this is the calefactory or day-room of the monks. Source: Internet

On the east side of the cloister, on the ground floor, was the " pisalis " or " calefactory ". Source: Internet

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