\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.