joss house

American  

noun

1. a Chinese temple for idol worship.

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joss house British  

noun

1. a Chinese temple or shrine where an idol or idols are worshipped

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Etymology

Origin of joss house

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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joss house

"You remember what Fu Shan said of his brother's joss house?" he says.

From The Belted Seas by Arthur Willis Colton

Harry assented, and to the new Jackson street joss house, the most important Chinese temple of America, they went.

From The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco by Francis Worcester Doughty

The cathedral, the mosque and the joss house have the same foundation.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll

But it was not to the little joss house that Signor Baskinelli guided the party.

From The Perils of Pauline by Charles Goddard

They passed out of the joss house and walked down Jackson street hill.

From The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco by Francis Worcester Doughty