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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. 1
    • : serving to heat.
n.名词 noun
  1. 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.