calefactory

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -æktəɹi === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin calefactorius. ==== Adjective ==== calefactory (comparative more calefactory, superlative most calefactory) warming ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Medieval Latin calefactorium. ==== Noun ==== calefactory (plural calefactories) (architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room. Synonyms: common house, warming house, warming room, pisalis, pyrale A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands ===== Translations ===== === Related terms === === Further reading === calefactory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia