Formally qualified in Government appointment (7)
I believe the answer is:
meeting
'appointment' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'formally qualified in government' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'in' is within the answer.
'government' could be 'g' (abbreviation for government) and 'g' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'meet' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for meeting that I've seen before include "Rendezvous" , "Rendevous" , "consultation" , "Conference" , "Get-together" .)