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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Calefactory

· Cal·e·fac·to·ry · IPA
01 a. Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
  1. 1.
    Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
02 n. An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.
  1. 1.
    An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.(Eccl.)
  2. 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.