confectionary

noun 5adj 2

Definitions

adj

1

Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.

confectionary wares

2

Prepared as a confection.

Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, / The biscuit, or confectionary plum;

noun

1

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.

2

A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.

3

Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”).

They stopped at a confectionary where Blanche experienced her first ice cream.

4

One who makes confections; a confectioner.

He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. -- 1 Samuel viii. 13.

5

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.

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