Meanings
adjectiveconfectory (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleteRelating to the art of making confectionery.
the wanton might Of Confectory Art endeavor'd how To charm all Tasts to their sweet overthrow
1648, Joseph Beaumont, “(please specify the canto number)”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] John Dawson for George Boddington, […], →OCLC
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