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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
calefactory
    adj 1: serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory" [syn:
           calefactory, calefactive]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, a. [L. calefactorius.]
   Making hot; producing or communicating heat.
   [1913 Webster]
3. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]
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