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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 joss house
 廟,寺

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Joss n.  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 odoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; -- burned by the Chinese before an idol.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 joss house
      n : a Chinese temple or shrine for idol worship