confectionary

== English == === Etymology === From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection. === Adjective === confectionary (not comparable) Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production. confectionary wares Prepared as a confection. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === confectionary (countable and uncountable, plural confectionaries) A candy, sweetmeat; a confection. (obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory. Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”). (obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner. He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. -- 1 Samuel viii. 13. (uncountable) Archaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”). ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === confect confection confectionery confectioner === References === “confectionary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.