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[ kuhn-fek-shuh-ner-ee ] / kənˈfɛk ʃəˌnɛr i /
noun, plural con·fec·tion·ar·ies.a candy; sweetmeat. a place where confections are kept or made. confectionery (def. 3). adjectivepertaining to or of the nature of confections or their production. Origin of confectionary1590–1600; <Medieval Latin confectiōnārius, equivalent to confectiōn-confection + -ārius-ary Words nearby confectionaryconfabulate, confabulation, confarreation, confect, confection, confectionary, confectioner, confectioners' sugar, confectionery, confed., confederacy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for confectionaryWhat started as a confectionary is now the oldest know restaurant in Japan. Inside The World’s 10 Oldest Restaurants|Justin Jones|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the second century, wealthy Romans served to their guests a confectionary treat containing cannabis. The Chronic Chronicles: A History of Pot|Roger Roffman|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST For some voters Poroshenko, nicknamed the “Chocolate King” because of his confectionary empire, was the least bad option. Ukraine’s Chocolate King Wins|Jamie Dettmer|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Daily Pic: Before perfecting his confectionary colors, Wayne Thiebaud went brown. Let Them Wait for Cake|Blake Gopnik|November 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The intellectual evil resulting from the use of confectionary consists in the fondness for excitement which is produced. The Young Mother|William A. Alcott Neither would you approve of the delicacies, as they are thought, of Athenian confectionary? The great evils of confectionary yet remain to be mentioned. The Young Mother|William A. Alcott I cannot in this place, pass over the head of all West Indian confectionary, a floating island, without further mention. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2)|Anonymous The Spanish officers had provided music for their entertainment, and oranges and confectionary were handed about. The Actress in High Life|Sue Petigru Bowen
British Dictionary definitions for confectionary
noun plural -ariesa place where confections are kept or made a rare word for confection adjectiveof or characteristic of confections Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |