confectionary Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a confectioner's shop
    candy store; confectionery.

WordNet

Con*fec"tion*a*ry noun
Etymology
Cf. LL. confectionaris a pharmacist.
Definitions
  1. A confectioner. Obs.
    He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. 1 Sam. viii. 13.
Con*fec"tion*a*ry adjective
Definitions
  1. Prepared as a confection.
    The biscuit or confectionary plum. Cowper.

Webster 1913