Usually means: Sweet treats, often sugary desserts.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word confectionaries:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. confectionaries: Merriam-Webster
  2. confectionaries: Collins English Dictionary
  3. confectionaries: Vocabulary.com
  4. confectionaries: Wordnik
  5. confectionaries: Wiktionary
  6. Confectionaries, confectionaries: Dictionary.com
  7. confectionaries: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. confectionaries: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Confectionaries: Easton Bible

(Note: See confectionary as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (confectionary)

adjective:  Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
adjective:  Prepared as a confection.
noun:  A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
noun:  (obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
noun:  (obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
noun:  Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”). [(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.]
noun:  (uncountable) Archaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”). [(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.]
▸ Also see confectionary


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