A heating pad is calefactory. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Leading out of it is the ancient "calefactory," where the fire for the censers and thuribles was preserved. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
"calefactory," heated by flues, or in which a fire was kept up, where the monks might retire occasionally to warm themselves, was provided in English monasteries. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
The festival went down Saturday within the calefactory confines of Coney Island. From Wordnik.com. [The Siren Festival : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference
In the more carefully constructed monasteries this apartment was so placed as to adjoin the calefactory, which allowed the introduction of hot air, when needed. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
East of the cloister garth — 100 feet square — stands the calefactory, its vaulted roof upheld by two pillars; this long served for a. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
To these may be added the calefactory, the parlour, or locutorium, the almonry, and the offices of the obedientiaries; but these additional buildings fitted into the general plan where they best might, and their disposition differed somewhat in the various monasteries. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
When this was over, after a further short interval the evening reading or Collation took place in the chapter-house, after which the monks were at liberty to go and warm themselves at the one great fire kept up for the purpose in the calefactory; and then compline was sung, followed by Our Lady's Anthem. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Achievement] Reference
4.17 Again, Ordericus Vitalis winds up the fourth book of his ecclesiastical history by saying nunc hyemali frigore rigens -- he must break his narrative here, and take up other occupations for the winter. 4.18 Jacob, abbot of Brabant (1276), built scriptoria, or possibly carrells, round the calefactory, or warming-room, where the common fire was kept burning, and the lot of the scribe was made somewhat easier to bear. From Wordnik.com. [Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages] Reference
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