calefactory
/kal-uh-fak-tuh-ree, -fak-tree/US // ˌkæl əˈfæk tə ri, -ˈfæk tri //UK // (ˌkælɪˈfæktərɪ, -trɪ) //
钙化厂,钙化工厂,钙工厂,钙厂
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : serving to heat.
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural cal·e·fac·to·ries.
- : a heated parlor or sitting room in a monastery.
Examples
Large portions also remain of the sacristy, chapterhouse, and calefactory.
Leading out of it is the ancient "calefactory," where the fire for the censers and thuribles was preserved.
The sick, and those who had leave, were shaved apart from the rest in the warmer calefactory.
Here is where the Calefactory stood in almost all the old Cistercian monasteries.
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