Calefactory

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, a. [L. calefactorius.]
     Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, n.
     1. (Eccl.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a
        sitting room.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calefactory
       adj : serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory" [syn: {calefactive},
              {heating}]