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confectionaries

confectionaries is the plural of confectionary.

Meaning of confectionary

Noun

confectionary (countable and uncountable, plural confectionaries)

  1. 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.1787, Miss Tully, “February 10, 1787”, in Letters Written During a Ten Years' Residence at the Court of Tripoli, published 1819, page 285
  2. (obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
  3. (obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
    • And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cookes, and to be bakers.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 8:13

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Questions about confectionaries

What is confectionaries the plural of?
Confectionaries is the plural of confectionary.

Words near confectionaries in the dictionary

  1. confated
  2. confect
  3. confected
  4. confecting
  5. confection
  6. confectionaries
  7. confectionary
  8. confectioned
  9. confectioner
  10. confectioner's
  11. confectioner's cream

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