calef.

abbreviation for

Origin of calef.¹

From the Latin word calefactus

Calef states that “Sept. 16th Giles Corey was prest to death.”

All to no purpose: Calef fastened still more firmly upon the flanks of the great theologian.

Calef's book continues, to this day, the recognized authority on the subject.

Calef's book put a stop to all such things, in New and Old England.

I pass over, for the present, the proceedings and writings of Robert Calef.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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