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pa⋅tis⋅se⋅rie

[puh-tis-uh-ree; Fr. pah-teesuh-ree]
–noun, plural -ries [-reez; Fr. -ree] .
1. a shop where pastry, esp. French pastry, is made and sold.
2. French pastry.

Origin:
1760–70; < F pâtisserie, MF pastiserie, equiv. to pastis-, presumed OF *pastitz pastry (< VL *pastīcium; see pasticcio ) + -erie -ery
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pa·tis·se·rie   (pə-tĭs'ə-rē, pä-tēs-rē')   
n.  A bakery specializing in French pastry.

[French pâtisserie, from Old French pastiserie, from pasticier, to make pastry, from *pastitz, pastry, from Vulgar Latin *pastīcium, from Late Latin pasta, dough; see paste1.]
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