Obs. [ad. L. condītūra preserving, etc., f. condīre: see CONDITE a.1]
1. Preserving or pickling; seasoning.
1610. Barrough, Meth. Physick, VIII. (1639), 418. These three … differ onely in the manner of conditure.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 77. Confections which after their conditure must be preserved in sugar.
2. A pickle, a condiment.
a. 1682. Sir T. Browne, Tracts (1684), 104. A Conditure and Sawce much affected by Antiquity.
