calefactory

[ kal-uh-fak-tuh-ree, -fak-tree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

serving to heat.

noun

, plural cal·e·fac·to·ries.

a heated parlor or sitting room in a monastery.

calefactory

/ ˌkælɪˈfæktərɪ; -trɪ /

adjective

giving warmth

noun

a heated sitting room in a monastery

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Word History and Origins

Origin of calefactory¹

1530–40; < Late Latin calefactōrius having a warming or heating power, equivalent to Latin calefac ( ere ) to make warm ( calefacient ) + -tōrius -tory ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of calefactory¹

C16: from Latin calefactōrius, from calefactus made warm; see calefacient

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Example Sentences

Large portions also remain of the sacristy, chapterhouse, and calefactory.

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Leading out of it is the ancient "calefactory," where the fire for the censers and thuribles was preserved.

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The sick, and those who had leave, were shaved apart from the rest in the warmer calefactory.

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Here is where the Calefactory stood in almost all the old Cistercian monasteries.

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