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Definition of Confectionary

1. Noun. A confectioner's shop.

Definition of Confectionary

1. n. A confectioner.

2. a. Prepared as a confection.

Definition of Confectionary

1. Adjective. Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production. ¹

2. Adjective. Prepared as a confection. ¹

3. Noun. A candy, sweetmeat; a confection. ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory. ¹

5. Noun. (dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery. ¹

6. Noun. (obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner. ¹

7. Noun. (uncountable rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Confectionary

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Confectionary

Literary usage of Confectionary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"On Coloured confectionary. By Dr. M'NAMARA. The author drew the attention of the Section to the large quantity of highly poisonous colouring matters ..."

2. The Young Mother: Or, Management of Children in Regard to Health by William Andrus Alcott (1838)
"confectionary. By confectionary we here mean the substances usually sold at ... A part, however, of the contents of the confectionary shop are actually ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1851)
"Poisoning by Scheele's Green, used in confectionary. By ALFRED S. TAYLOR, Lecturer on Chemistry and Medical Jurisprudence at Guy's Hospital. ..."

4. Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1858)
"confectionary. TO CLARIFY SUGAR. IT is an economy to use at once the very best sugar for confectionary in general, for when highly refined it needs little ..."

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