Definition of calefactory

• a. - Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
• n. - An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.
• n. - 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.
• a. - Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
• n. - An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.
• n. - 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.