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

Baskinelli took his guests to the joss house of the Golden Screens.

From The Perils of Pauline by Goddard, Charles

Fu Shan said, "Go lun joss house by Langoon."

From The Belted Seas by Colton, Arthur Willis

My got blother have joss house by Langoon.

From The Belted Seas by Colton, Arthur Willis

The tea house is but the ante-chamber to a joss house overhead, mendaciously advertised to be "the biggest outside of China," and to the theater proper.

From The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs by Stevens, C. M. (Charles McClellan)

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

From The Perils of Pauline by Goddard, Charles