noun

• (obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
• (obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
  "He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. -- 1 Samuel viii. 13."
• (uncountable) Archaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”).
  "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."