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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Confection \Con*fec"tion\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
confection
noun
1: a food rich in sugar [syn: {sweet}, {confectionery}]
2: the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components [syn: {concoction}]
verb: make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" [syn: {confect}, {comfit}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "confection": Jell-O, admixture, alloy, amalgam, blancmange, blend, brew, candy, combination, combo, comfit, commixture, composite, composition, compote, compound, concoction, confectionery, confiture, conserve, decoction, decoctum, ensemble, frosting, gelatin, glaze, honey, icing, immixture, intermixture, jam, jelly, magma, marmalade, meringue, mixture, mousse, paste, preserve, sweet, sweet stuff, sweetmeat, sweets, tutti-frutti, whipped cream
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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