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parliamentary government

American  

noun

  1. 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.


Etymology

Origin of parliamentary government

First recorded in 1855–60


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Executive power lies with the elected parliamentary government.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

The British Virgin Islands is a U.K. overseas territory of about 35,000 people east of Puerto Rico with limited self-governance under a locally elected parliamentary government.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

“When a typical European parliamentary government changes hands from one party to another, the ministers and a handful of staffers turn over,” Fukuyama notes.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2020

In a parliamentary government, the executive branch is made up of the prime minister or premier, and that official’s cabinet.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016

According to reports Dacca was repairing itself slowly, with a newly formed parliamentary government.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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