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Webster 1913 Edition
Calefactory
Calˊe-fac′to-ry
,Adj.
[L.
calefactorius
.] Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
Calˊe-fac′to-ry
,Noun.
1.
(Eccl.)
An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.
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.