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‖ condominium|kɒndəʊˈmɪnɪəm|
[mod.L., f. con- + dominium lordship: cf. convivium, contubernium, etc.]
1. Joint rule or sovereignty.
Condominium is the subject of various Latin treatises of 17–18th c., chiefly by Germans, e.g. Frommanus De Condominio Territoriali, Tübingen, 1682. Hence Burnet's use.
a1714Burnet Own Time (1823) IV. vi. 412 The duke of Holstein began to build some new forts..this, the Danes said, was contrary..to the condominium, which that king and the duke have in that duchy. 1882Sat. Rev. 16 Sept. 361 The establishment of a new condominium with all Europe. 1892Daily News 11 Jan. 5/7 The abandonment of the condominium carried by the majority which made Tonquin. 1904Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 7/1 To create a sort of Russo-Japanese Condominium in Korea. Ibid., A mild revision of the Condominium Protocol. 1908Daily Chron. 22 June 1/3 A condominium of men and women in public affairs. 1936Geogr. Jrnl. LXXXVIII. 243 That ‘savagery’ should continue..is astonishing to those who are unacquainted with the Condominium [in Espírito Santo]. 1948Ann. Reg. 1947 194 As regards the Sudan, the 1899 Agreement did not imply that the British would share in the sovereignty, though they tried to convey that idea by always using the word ‘condominium’. 1955Times 24 Aug. 5/1 Security in the Sudan was maintained by the troops of the Condominium and the Sudan Defence Force. 1969Statesman's Year-Bk. 161 (heading) New Hebrides condominium.
2. N. Amer. An apartment house in which the units are owned individually, not by a company or co-operative; an apartment in such a building.
1962Economist 31 Mar. 1255/1 The legal concept of buying a single flat, instead of a share in the whole building, is just making its way in the housing field in the United States where it is known as a ‘condominium’. 1964Financial Times 27 Nov. 3/6 The condominium—or the ‘condo’ as Chicagoans have come to know it—is essentially a development from the co-operative concept. Ibid. 3/7 The principal advantage claimed for the condominium is that it permits the occupier a greater measure of independence than would be the case of the co-operative. 1970Washington Post 30 Sept. B 11/1 (Advt.), Ocean Club condominium residence for sale in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. |