joss house
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of joss house
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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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
The basement, was a handsome joss house: upstairs was a durbar-hall with glazed verandahs and ebony furniture ranged across the room in four straight lines.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
Fu Shan said, "Go lun joss house by Langoon."
From The Belted Seas by Arthur Willis Colton
My got blother have joss house by Langoon.
From The Belted Seas by Arthur Willis Colton
Every joss house will be the head of a secret society.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
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