Calefactory

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): (n.) 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.

(2): (n.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.

(3): (a.) Making hot; producing or communicating heat.

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