English Explanatory Dictionary

calefactory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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

Word forms

calefactory more calefactory most calefactory calefactories

Etymology

* Borrowed from Latin calefactorius.

Synonyms

common house warming house warming room pisalis pyrale

Related words

calefaction calefactor
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