parliamentary government
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.
Origin of parliamentary government
1- Also called cabinet government.
Words Nearby parliamentary government
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How to use parliamentary government in a sentence
In Germany, in the meanwhile, the agitation for parliamentary government steadily gained ground.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonThis assertion of Virginia's traditional freedom and rights was, of course, a direct challenge to the parliamentary government.
Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660 | Wilcomb E. WashburnUniversal suffrage, says Sybel, has always heralded the end of parliamentary government.
The Victorian Age | William Ralph IngeI am firmly convinced that a parliamentary government is not a government by the people and for the people.
Freedom Through Disobedience | C. R. (Chittaranjan) DasIn so resolving, he thought that he was simply acting in accordance with the acknowledged rules of parliamentary government.
Phineas Finn | Anthony Trollope
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