Calefactor

/ˌkæləˈfæktər/ noun

Definition

A person or device that produces heat; something that warms or heats.

Etymology

From Latin calefactor, from calefacere (to make hot), with the agent suffix -or indicating one who performs the action.

Kelly Says

In medieval monasteries, the 'calefactor' was an actual job—someone responsible for heating the communal warming room called the calefactory, one of the few heated spaces in the entire monastery!

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