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单词 calefactory
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calefactoryadj.n.

/kalɪˈfaktəri/
Etymology: < Latin calefactōrius having heating power, < calefacĕre to warm; in B, < medieval Latin calefactōrium a place or appliance for warming.
A. adj.
Adapted for or tending to warming.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [adjective]
warmingc1450
calefactive1576
heating1591
excalfactory1601
excalfactive1611
fomentary1618
inflaming1709
calefactory1713
1713 J. Puckle Club (ed. 3) 31 Love, like Sun Beams,..contracted to one Object, is fervent and calefactory.
1848 M. W. Savage Bachelor of Albany viii. 78 Calefactory arrangements and thermal comforts.
B. n.
1. The room in a monastery where the inmates warmed themselves.
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society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > parts of monastery > [noun] > calefactory
common housec1593
calefactory1681
1681 Blount's Glossographia (ed. 5) 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.
1774 T. West Antiq. Furness (1805) 73 The locutorium, calefactory, and conversation room.
1844 S. 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.
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society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > calefactory > [noun]
pomec1440
calefactory1536
1536 Inv. Lincoln Cathedral in Monasticon Anglic. VIII. 1281 A calefactory, silver and gilt, with leaves graven, weighing nine ounces and half.
1536 Reg. Riches Cathedral of Sarum in E. Ledwich Antiquitates Sarisburienses (1771) 198 A Fat of Silver for holy water..a calefactory, silver and gilt with divers Scriptures.
3. = calefacient n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > [noun] > heating medicine
calefactory1657
calefacient1661
thermantic1706
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ee Many calefactories..as Pepper, Bartram, Bitumen.
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