calefactory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite serving to heat
    calefactive.
    • a heating pad is calefactory

WordNet

Cal`e*fac"to*ry adjective
Etymology
L. calefactorius.
Definitions
  1. Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
Cal`e*fac"to*ry noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913