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