1. calefactory - Noun
2. calefactory - Adjective
3. calefactory - Adjective Satellite
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.
Source: Webster's dictionarya 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