[con.do.min.i.um] n, pl -ums [NL, fr. L com- + dominium domain] (ca. 1714) 1 a: joint dominion; esp: joint sovereignty by two or more nations b: a government operating under joint rule
2: a politically dependent territory under condominium 3 a: individual ownership of a unit in a multiunit structure (as an apartment building) or on land owned in common (as a town house complex); also: a unit so owned b: a building containing condominiums