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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CALEFACTORY

From Latin calefactōrius, from calefactus made warm.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CALEFACTORY

calefactory  [ˌkælɪˈfæktərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CALEFACTORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Calefactory can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES CALEFACTORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Calefactory

The calefactory was an important room or building in a mediaeval monastery in Western Europe. It was here that a communal fire was kept so that the monks could warm themselves after long hours of study in the cloister or other work. In the early Middle Ages this was one of the few heated rooms in the monastery - the others being the infirmary, the guest house and the kitchen - but this policy was generally relaxed, save for a few very strict orders, by the latter part of the mediaeval period when fireplaces became common throughout the claustral buildings. The warming house was always one of the buildings surrounding the cloister and was entered from it. Often it was located close to the refectory so that the warmth could be shared by the monks when they were eating. In many monasteries an upper floor was built over the warming house that served as the muniment room, where the house’s charters, deeds and other legal documents were kept safe from damp.

Definition of calefactory in the English dictionary

The definition of calefactory in the dictionary is giving warmth. Other definition of calefactory is a heated sitting room in a monastery.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CALEFACTORY


benefactory
ˌbɛnɪˈfæktərɪ
contradictory
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktərɪ
detractory
dɪˈtræktərɪ
directory
dɪˈrɛktərɪ
dissatisfactory
dɪsˌsætɪsˈfæktərɪ
enactory
ɪnˈæktərɪ
factory
ˈfæktərɪ
introductory
ˌɪntrəˈdʌktərɪ
lactary
ˈlæktərɪ
malefactory
ˈmælɪˈfæktərɪ
manufactory
ˌmænjʊˈfæktərɪ
olfactory
ɒlˈfæktərɪ
phylactery
fɪˈlæktərɪ
rectory
ˈrɛktərɪ
refractary
rɪˈfræktərɪ
refractory
rɪˈfræktərɪ
satisfactory
ˌsætɪsˈfæktərɪ
trajectory
trəˈdʒɛktərɪ
unsatisfactory
ˌʌnsætɪsˈfæktərɪ
victory
ˈvɪktərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CALEFACTORY

calefacient
calefaction
calefactive
calefactor
calefactories
calefy
calembour
calendal
calendar
calendar day
calendar month
calendar year
calendarer
calendarisation
calendarist
calendarization
calendarize
calender
calenderer
calendrer

WORDS THAT END LIKE CALEFACTORY

bomb factory
canning factory
dairy factory
data directory
engineering factory
ex-directory
fish factory
glass factory
history
moral victory
ordnance factory
perfunctory
Pyrrhic victory
refectory
silk factory
street directory
sugar factory
telephone directory
the Directory
valedictory
web directory

Synonyms and antonyms of calefactory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «calefactory» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

calefactory
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calefactory
570 millions of speakers

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calefactory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

calefactory
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

calefactory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

calefactory
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

calefactory
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেইলফেক্টারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

caléfaction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Calefactory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kalefaktorium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

懐炉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

calefactory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Calefactory
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

làm cho nóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

calefactory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कातालू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

calefactory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

calefactory
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grzewcza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

calefactory
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

calefactory
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

calefactory
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

verwarmd
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

calefactory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

calefactory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of calefactory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CALEFACTORY»

The term «calefactory» is used very little and occupies the 187.611 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CALEFACTORY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about calefactory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CALEFACTORY»

Discover the use of calefactory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to calefactory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gleanings Among the Castles and Convents of Norfolk
with the Chapter-house, and, beginning from the very foundations, all above and under and in the same, and the Cloister, which abutted upon the said Dormitory and Calefactory." The room under the dormitory at Bromholm was undoubtedly ...
Henry Harrod, 1857
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Church and Conventual arrangement. With copious references, ...
... Kirkstall, Rievalle, and Furness (Cistercian). CALEFACTORY. One portion of this substructure was the Calefactory, a chamber warmed with a stove or long heating-pipes, serving as a place to provide fire for the censers, and warmth ...
Mackenzie Edward Charles WALCOTT, 1861
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The Welsh Cistercians: Written to Commorate the Centenary of ...
Served by the main drain at ground-level below, the seven-bay rere-dorter at Neath was linked to the dorter by a stone bridge.193 The entrance to the warming-house (or calefactory), the only monastic chamber heated in the earlier Middle ...
David Henry Williams, 2001
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English Monastic Life
11. THE. COMMONROOM. OR. CALEFACTORY. The commonroom,sometimes calledthecalefactory or warming place,was a room to which the religious resorted , especially in winter, forthe purpose of warming themselves at the commonfire, ...
Abbot Gasquet
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The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and ...
j: , I do not say, however, that these cells were warmed by hot air from the stove in the calefactory, though that is not so completely a modern invention as some people may think. The monks in the Dark Ages were not quite incapable of ...
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A Monastic Landscape: The Cistercians in Medieval Ireland
Once the water passed from beneath the monk's domus necessarium, the drainappears to have carried on outside the calefactory, unless the calefactory projected out further thanthe southernwall ofthe dormitory,as indicated onthe monastic ...
Dr Breda Lynch, 2010
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The Rapture of Darkness
“My favorite calefactory is this one,in Armagh, in the old monastery, notfarfrom the place wherePatrick founded the first Diocese ofthe Irish Church in444A.D ... Patrickalways loved this day–the TwelfthDayof Christmas andthe Vigil oftheFeast of ...
Jack Spring, 2011
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The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and ...
Jacobus, a successor of Arnold, who became abbot in the year 1 276, made scriptoria round the calefactory, and his immediate successor added two, adjoining the house of the sacrist.f The former was the better place, undoubtedly ; as the ...
Hugh James Rose, Samuel Roffey Maitland, 1837
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Finding Grace in the Moment: Stories and Other Musings of an ...
For instance, there are almost always a few boxes under the tree in the calefactory for novices and junior monks. These gifts are more symbol than substance, usually a more playful than practical gift. Opening them, though, in informal settings, ...
Simeon Daly, 2005
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A Trail of Ink:
Arthur was dry and warmed on one side, and nearly so on the other, when Abbot Thurstan entered the calefactory. “Master Hugh; we meet again. Brother Jacob has told me of the circumstance. I am pleased our house may offer respite.
Melvin Starr, 2013

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CALEFACTORY»

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St. Meinrad Archabbey launches major repair project
Choosing spaces for things like the calefactory (a "living room" type of space) and the vestry (a "general store" where the monks obtain toiletries ... «Evansville Courier & Press, Jun 15»
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Jerpoint Abbey is calling you
However, standing there, Dr Breda explained that in the calefactory in font of us (again without a roof) a fire was lit on All Soul's Day and ... «Kilkenny People, Jan 13»
3
Alexander von Schlippenbach: Monk's Casino
Dörner's trumpet often favors gelid voicings over calefactory ones. On "Green Chimneys his inflection crumples into crisp crenellated textures ... «All About Jazz, Aug 06»

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