'Calefactory' definitions:
Definition of 'calefactory'
From: WordNet
adjective
Serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory" [syn: calefactory, calefactive]
Definition of 'Calefactory'
From: GCIDE
- Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, a. [L. calefactorius.] Making hot; producing or communicating heat. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Calefactory'
From: GCIDE
- Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, n.
- 1. (Eccl.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]