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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Confection \Con*fec"tion\, n. [F., fr L. confectio.] 1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.] A new confection of mold. --Bacon. 2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat. Certain confections . . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons. --Bacon. 3. A composition of drugs. --Shak. 4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey. Note: The pharmacop[oe]ias formerly made a distinction between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called confections. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: confection n 1: a food rich in sugar [syn: {sweet}, {confectionery}] 2: the act of creating something by compounding or mixing raw materials [syn: {concoction}] v : prepare from ingredients: "This medicine is home-confected" [syn: {confect}, {comfit}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Confection (Ex. 30:35, ointment" in ver. 25; R.V., "perfume"). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a root meaning to compound oil and perfume.
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