confectionary

adj

1. (not-comparable)Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.

   “confectionary wares”

2. (not-comparable)Prepared as a confection.

   “Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, / The biscuit, or confectionary plum;”

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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.”

2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
3. (alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable)Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”).

   “They stopped at a confectionary where Blanche experienced her first ice cream.”

4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)One who makes confections; a confectioner.

   “He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. -- 1 Samuel viii. 13.”

5. (alt-of, archaic, uncountable)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 confectionary, also dressed vegetables, pickles, and preserves.”