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Definition of parliamentary government - 2 dictionary results

parliamentary government

–noun
government by a body of cabinet ministers who are chosen from and responsible to the legislature and act as advisers to a nominal chief of state.
Also called cabinet government.


Origin:
1855–60

Main Entry: parliamentary government
Function: noun
: a system of government having the real executive power vested in a cabinet composed of members of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature
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