Thesaurus: joss

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1. n. A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
2. n. a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
3. A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. "Critic in jars and josses." Colman (1761). 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.
4. A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. "Critic in jarsand josses." Colman (1761). Joss house, a Chinese temple or house forthe Chinese mode of worship.-- Joss stick, a reed covered with a paste made of the dust ofodoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; -- burnedby the Chinese before an idol.
5. n. a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol