‖ caldarium
(kælˈdɛərɪəm)
[L., f. calid-us hot.]
A (Roman) hot bath or bath-room.
| 1753 in Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1832 Gell Pompeiana I. vi. 106 The stove of the caldarium. 1856 R. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. v. i. 110 It..grinds their corn, fills their caldarium. 1881 Darwin Earth-worms 227 The tops of the broken down walls of a caldarium or bath were likewise covered up with 2 feet of earth. |