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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Confectionary

/kən-fĕk'-shən-ĕrˌ-ē/ · Con·fec·tion·a·ry · IPA /kənfˈɛkʃənˌɛriː/
01 n. A confectioner.
  1. 1.
    A confectioner.[Obs.]
    “He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks.” — 1 Sam. viii. 13.
02 a. Prepared as a confection.
  1. 1.
    Prepared as a confection.
    “The biscuit or confectionary plum.” — Cowper.