Joss
Joss (jos) , noun
[Chinese, corrupt. from Portuguese deos God, Latin deus.]
A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
Critic in jars and josses.
Collocations (2)
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.