[mod.L., f. CON- + dominium lordship: cf. convivium, contubernium, etc.] 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.
a. 1714. Burnet, 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.
1882. Sat. Rev., 16 Sept., 361. The establishment of a new condominium with all Europe.
