Calefactory

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

calefactory
    adj 1: serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory" [syn:
           {calefactory}, {calefactive}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, a. [L. calefactorius.]
   Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, n.
   1. (Eccl.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a
      sitting room.
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   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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