Usually means: Warming room in a monastery.
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  1. calefactory: Merriam-Webster
  2. calefactory: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. calefactory: Wordnik
  5. calefactory: Wiktionary
  6. calefactory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. calefactory: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Calefactory, calefactory: Dictionary.com
  9. Calefactory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Calefactory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. calefactory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. calefactory: Rhymezone
  13. Calefactory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. calefactory: FreeDictionary.org
  15. calefactory: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. calefactory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. calefactory: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (calefactory)

adjective:  warming
noun:  (architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
noun:  A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands

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