Arch. [ad. L. chalcidicum ‘chamber at the corner of a basilica, on each side of the tribunal.’ More usually in the L. form.]
1730–6. Bailey, Chalcidick [with ancient Architects], a large stately Hall belonging to a court of Justice.
1775. Ash, Chalcidica, Chalcidicum.
1832. Gell, Pompeiana, I. ii. 14. It has been thought … to justify the application of the term Chalcidicum to the edifice in question.
1849. Freeman, Archit., 155. A kind of transept, called chalcidica.
1876. Gwilt, Archit., Gloss. Chalcidicum.
