Look up: Joss

1. JOSS
   JOHNNIAC Open Shop System.
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2. joss
   [n] - a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
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3. JOSS
   Johnniac Open Shop System [Rand Corp.]
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4. Joss
   Joss noun [ Chinese, corrupt. from Portuguese deos God, Latin deus .] A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. 'Critic in jars and josses .' Colman (1761). Joss house , a Chinese temple or house for the Chin...
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5. joss
   A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. 'Critic in jars and josses.' 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 odouriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; burned by the Chinese before an id...
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6. joss
   noun a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
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7. Joss
   • (n.) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
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8. joss
   joss 1. An image or statue representing a Chinese deity. 2. A Chinese god worshiped in the form of an idol. 3. Etymology: a Chinese figure of a deity, 1711, from Chinese Pidgin English; from Javanese dejos, from Portuguese deus, 'god'; from Latin deus. Colloquially, it came to mean 'luck'; then, a...
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9. Joss
   `Joss` may refer to: ;People ;In Chinese mythology `Joss`, a word that has entered English from the Chinese usage of the Portuguese word "deos" for god. It may refer to `Jos` may refer to:
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10. Joss
    (god) In the European view of Chinese mythology, `Joss` signifies a household deity as well as his cult image, which the Portuguese and other Europeans called an "idol". Joss is not Chinese, but a corrupted version of the Portuguese deus for god. Derived words are J...
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