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Calefactory

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Latin: calefacere, to warm)

1) The heated room in an English monastery where the monks retired occasionally to warm themselves, especially after Matins.

2) A hollow globe of precious metal containing hot water, to warm the priest's fingers when administering Holy Communion in cold weather; a silver one, gilded and, carved with leaves, and weighing 9.5 ounces, was in use at Lincoln Cathedral in 1281.

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Entry for 'Calefactory'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/calefactory.html. 1910.
 
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