Category:Confection

Con*fec"tion, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.

Note: The pharmacopoeias 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.

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Confection - (Exodus 30:35, "ointment" in Exodus 30:25; R.V., "perfume"). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a root meaning to compound oil and perfume.