Definition of "confectionary"

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

1798, William Cowper, On Receipt of My Mother's Picture‎, line 60

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

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

1986, Penny Hayes, The Long Trail‎, page 184

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.

1827, Margaret Dods [pseudonym; Christian Isobel Johnstone], The Cook and Housewife’s Manual; Containing the Most Approved Modern Receipts for Making Soups, Gravies, Sauces, Ragouts, and All Made-Dishes; […]. The Second Edition; […], Edinburgh: […] Oliver and Boyd, and Bell and Bradfute; Geo. B. Whittaker, London; and Robertson and Atkinson, Glasgow, page 11