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calefactory en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

* Borrowed from Latin calefactorius.

Meanings

1. warming

Forms

Translations (5)

fr caléfactoire (warming) · la calefactorius (warming) · bg затоплящ (warming) · bg отоплителен (warming) · bg стоплящ (warming)

calefactory en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

* Borrowed from Medieval Latin calefactorium.

Meanings

1. The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
2. A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands

Forms

Relateds

calefaction · calefactor

Synonyms

warming house · common house · pyrale · warming room · pisalis

Translations (10)

nl calefactorium (warming room) · la calefactorium (warming room) · fr chauffoir (warming room) · ca calefactori (warming room) · it calefattorio (warming room) · sv calefactorium (warming room) · fr caléfactoire (warming room) · de Wärmestube (warming room) · es calefactorio (warming room) · de Kalefaktorium (warming room)