calefactory
calefactory · calefactories
Wärmestube, Kalefaktorium
The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a…The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
Meaning
2 sensesThe room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
Wärmestube, Kalefaktorium
A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
warming room:
Origin
* Borrowed from Medieval Latin calefactorium.* Borrowed from Medieval Latin calefactorium.
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Forms
plural: calefactories| Singular | calefactory |
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regular
Synonyms
5 synonymscommon housewarming roompisaliswarming housepyrale
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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