Definition of CONFECTIONARY

confectionary

Plural: confectionaries

Noun

  • a confectioner's shop
  • A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
  • A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
  • Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”).
  • One who makes confections; a confectioner.
  • Archaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”).

Adj

  • Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
  • Prepared as a confection.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

candy store, confectionery

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