confectionary

1. not comparableRelating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.

   confectionary wares

2. not comparablePrepared as a confection.

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

   1798, William Cowper, On Receipt of My Mother's Picture, line 60

plural confectionaries

1. countableuncountableA 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.

   1787, Miss Tully, “February 10, 1787”, in Letters Written During a Ten Years' Residence at the Court of Tripoli, published 1819, page 285

2. countableobsoleteuncountableA place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
3. countabledateduncountableDated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”).

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

   1986, Penny Hayes, The Long Trail, →ISBN, page 184

4. countableobsoleteuncountableOne who makes confections; a confectioner.

   And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cookes, and to be bakers.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 8:13

5. archaicuncountableArchaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”).

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   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.

   1827, Margaret Dods [pseudonym; Christian Isobel Johnstone], The Cook and Housewife’s Manual; Containing the Most Approved Modern Receipts for Making Soups, Gravies, Sauces, Ragouts, and All Made-Dishes; […]. The Second Edition; […], Edinburgh: […] Oliver and Boyd, and Bell and Bradfute; Geo. B. Whittaker, London; and Robertson and Atkinson, Glasgow, page 11