'Joss house' definitions:
Definition of 'joss house'
(from WordNet)
noun
A Chinese temple or shrine for idol worship
Definition of 'Joss house'
From: GCIDE
- Joss \Joss\ (j[o^]s), n. [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. deos God, L. deus.] A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. "Critic in jars and josses." --Colman (1761). [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]