condominiumn.
/kɒndəʊˈmɪnɪəm/ 1. Joint rule or sovereignty. Condominium is the subject of various Latin treatises of 17–18th centuries, chiefly by Germans, e.g. Frommanus De Condominio Territoriali, Tübingen, 1682. Hence Burnet's use.
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society > authority > rule or government > joint rule > [noun]
champertyc1386
co-regence1654
co-regency1654
co-regnation1654
condominiuma1715
co-regnancy1886
tri-dominium1899
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 230 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.
1882 Sat. Rev. 16 Sept. 361 The establishment of a new condominium with all Europe.
1892 Daily News 11 Jan. 5/7 The abandonment of the condominium carried by the majority which made Tonquin.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 7/1 To create a sort of Russo-Japanese Condominium in Korea.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 7/1 A mild revision of the Condominium Protocol.
1908 Daily Chron. 22 June 1/3 A condominium of men and women in public affairs.
1936 Geogr. Jrnl. 88 243 That ‘savagery’ should continue..is astonishing to those who are unacquainted with the Condominium [in Espírito Santo].
1948 Ann. 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’.
1955 Times 24 Aug. 5/1 Security in the Sudan was maintained by the troops of the Condominium and the Sudan Defence Force.
1969 Statesman's Year-bk. 161 (heading) New Hebrides condominium.
2. North American. An apartment house in which the units are owned individually, not by a company or co-operative; an apartment in such a building.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > block of flats or apartments
land1456
tenement1681
tenement house1858
barrack1862
mansions1868
apartment house1874
apartment building1883
single-decker1896
block dwellings1899
project1932
apartment block1955
condominium1962
condo1964
multi1973
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > flat or apartment > type of
studio flat1882
studio apartment1884
mansard1886
penthouse1892
single end1897
walk-up1907
railroad flat1908
simplex1912
service flat1913
studio1918
kitchenette1920
duplex1922
garden flat1922
flatlet1925
show flat1929
quadruplex1939
council flat1941
garden apartment1942
walk-back1945
multilevel1959
tower apartment1961
condominium1962
triplex1962
condo1984
1962 Economist 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’.
1964 Financial 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.
1964 Financial Times 27 Nov. 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.
1970 Washington Post 30 Sept. B 11/1 (advt.) Ocean Club condominium residence for sale in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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