English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result for Calefactory

Calefactory (a.)

Making hot; producing or communicating heat.

Calefactory (n.)

An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.

Calefactory (n.)

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.