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caleˈfactory, a. and n.|kælɪˈfæktərɪ|
[ad. L. calefactōrius having heating power, f. calefacĕre to warm; in B, ad. med.L. calefactōrium a place or appliance for warming.]
A. adj. Adapted for or tending to warming.
1711J. Puckle Club (1817) 53 Love, like sunbeams..contracted to one object is fervent and calefactory. 1848Bachelor of Albany 78 Calefactory arrangements and thermal comforts.
B. n.
1. The room in a monastery where the inmates warmed themselves.
1681Blount Glossogr., Califactory, is a room in a Monastery, with one or more fires in it, where the Religious persons warm themselves, after they come from Matins. 1774T. West Antiq. Furness (1805) 73 The locutorium, calefactory, and conversation room. 1844S. R. Maitland Dark Ages 406 Warmed by hot air from the stove in the calefactory.
2. A warming-pan; the ball of precious metal containing hot water, on which the priest warmed his hands when administering the eucharist in cold weather; otherwise called the pome.
1536Inv. Lincoln Cathedral in Monasticon Anglic. VIII. 1281 A calefactory, silver and gilt, with leaves graven, weighing nine ounces and half. 1536Regist. Riches in Antiq. Sarisb. (1771) 198 A Fat of Silver for holy water..a calefactory, silver and gilt with divers Scriptures.
†3. = calefacient n.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 203 Many calefactories..as Pepper, Bartram, Bitumen. |