Cal`e*fac"to*ry (?), a. [L. calefactorius.]
Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
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Cal`e*fac"to*ry, n.
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.
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