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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...
- Ackland and Rosemary Ackland, Random House, 2010, p. 1 People of Today 2017, Debrett's Ltd, 2017, p. 2127 Joss Ackland Biography (1928–). FilmReference...
- Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park is a state park located in the center of the town of Weaverville, California. The site is a Taoist temple 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...
- 武帝廟; pinyin: Wǔdì miào; Yale: Móuhdai Míu, also known as the Mendocino Joss House or Mo Dai Miu) is a Chinese Taoist temple in Mendocino, California, dedicated...
- Joss paper, also known as incense papers, are papercrafts or sheets of paper made into burnt offerings common in Chinese ancestral worship (such as the...