Con*fec"tion*a*ry (?), n. [Cf. LL.
confectionaris a pharmacist.] A confectioner.
[Obs.]
He will take your daughters to be
confectionaries, and to be cooks.
1 Sam. viii. 13.
Con*fec"tion*a*ry, a. Prepared
as a confection.
The biscuit or confectionary plum.
Cowper.