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Definitions for jossdʒɒs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jossdʒɒs(n.)

  1. a Chinese house idol or cult image.

    Category: Eastern Religions

Origin of joss:

1705–15; < Chin Pidgin E < Pg deos < L deus god

Princeton's WordNet

  1. joss(noun)

    a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol

Wiktionary

  1. joss(Noun)

    A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Joss(noun)

    a Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Joss

    a Chinese god or his idol.

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