joss house

American  

noun

1. a Chinese temple for idol worship.

---

joss house British  

noun

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

---

Etymology

Origin of joss house

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

joss house

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

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

This, in Burton's facetious phrase, was "Mrs. Burton's joss house;" and occasionally, when they had differences, he threatened "to throw her joss house out of the window."

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas

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

From The Belted Seas by Colton, Arthur Willis

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 Doughty, Francis Worcester