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calefactory

The English word “calefactory” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. warming

noun

  1. The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
  2. A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands

Etymology

* Borrowed from Latin calefactorius.

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