Confectionary

Origin

From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius ("one who prepares things by means of ingredients"), from Latin cōnfectiō ("preparing, producing"). See confection.

Full definition of confectionary

Adjective

1. Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.confectionary wares
2. Prepared as a confection.
• 1798, William Cowper, On Receipt of My Mother's Picture, line 60Thy 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. (obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
3. (dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
• They stopped at a confectionary where Blanche experienced her first ice cream.
4. (obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. --
5. (uncountable, rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.

Related terms

• confect
• confection
• confectionery
• confectioner