confectionary
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confectionary
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From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection. By surface analysis, confection + -ary.
adjective
- Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production. confectionary wares
- Prepared as a confection. Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, / The biscuit, or confectionary plum;
noun confectionaries
- A 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.
- A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
- Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”). They stopped at a confectionary where Blanche experienced her first ice cream.
- One who makes confections; a confectioner. And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cookes, and to be bakers.
- Archaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”). 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 confecti
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adj relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production
| Русский | конди́терский kondíterskij |
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noun candies, confection
| Español | confites, confitería |
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| Kiswahili | kitamutamu |
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