i Register
In some senses, confectionary is marked as obsolete, dated, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
confectionary wares
Prepared as a confection.
Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, / The biscuit, or confectionary plum;
noun
A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
After the dishes of meat were removed, a dessert of Arabian fruits, confectionaries and sweetmeats was served: among the latter was the date bread.
A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”).
They stopped at a confectionary where Blanche experienced her first ice cream.
One who makes confections; a confectioner.
He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. -- 1 Samuel viii. 13.
Archaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”).
Maigre Dishes, dishes used by Roman Catholics on the days when the Church forbids flesh-meats; comprehending fish and vegetable pies and soups, puddings, fruit-pies, egg-dishes, omelets, fritters, macaroni, all preparations of fish, cheese-dishes, fish-sausages, and all creams, jellies, and confectionary, also dressed vegetables, pickles, and preserves.