CALEFACTORY


Meaning of CALEFACTORY in English

adj making hot; producing or communicating heat.

2. calefactory ·noun an apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.

3. calefactory ·noun 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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