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[syn: calefactory, calefactive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, a. [L. calefactorius.]
Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, n.
1. (Eccl.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a
sitting room.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
calefactory
adj 1: serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory" [syn:
calefactory, calefactive]