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Joss house
Joss Joss, n. [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. deos God, L. deus.] A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. ``Critic in jars and josses.' --Colman (1761). Joss house, a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode of worship. Joss stick, a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of odoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; -- burned by the Chinese before an idol.

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- Joss house refers to a type of Chinese temple architecture, and it may refer to: Auburn Joss House in Auburn, California, U.S.; NRHP-listed Mendocino Joss...
- a religious object Joss house (disambiguation) Joss JP1, an Australian-built supercar Joss paper, a type of burnt offering Joss P****, a mountain p****...
- The Auburn Joss House is a historic Chinese community building in Auburn, California, United States. It now serves as a cultural history museum, which...
- The Tin Hau Temple in Joss House Bay, sometimes referred to as Tai Miu, is Hong Kong's oldest and largest Tin Hau Temple. It is also said to be the most...
- Joss House Bay, also known as Tai Miu Wan, is near the south end of Clear Water Bay Peninsula in Hong Kong. The Cantonese name Tai Miu Wan means "the bay...
- traditional temples is "joss house". "Joss" is an Anglicized spelling of deus, the Portuguese word for "god". The term "joss house" was in common use in...
- The Sze Yup Temple (Chinese: 悉尼四邑關帝廟) is a heritage-listed Chinese joss house and Taoist temple located at Victoria Road in the inner western Sydney suburb...
- street named after it). Tin Hau Temple (佛堂門天后古廟) at Tai Miu Wan (大廟灣; Joss House Bay) is considered the most sacred. It is one of the Grade I historic...
- Depot Square. Another restoration project included the rebuilding of the Joss house in Depot Square in 1990; the original had been destro**** in a fire in...
- formed a community in the town. Among their prominent buildings was the Joss House on Baud Street, a place of worship and celebration. In 1911, the community...