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What does joss mean?

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Noun
  1. (countable) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
  2. (countable) A heathen divinity.
  3. (uncountable, informal) Luck.
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Sometimes, one can smell the fragrance of lit joss sticks wafting from the windows.
The fire started in Cemetery Road last night when a plant pot caught fire after a joss stick was left unattended.
The joss houses or temples of Chinatown have no external beauty save in the carved panels of their balconies.
Commonly called joss houses, some of these temples survived into the twentieth century.
Each joss house was usually created and used by Chinese from the one village or district of origin.
This astounding piece of fiddling while Rome burns was written no doubt to the sound of whalesong and the pungent aroma of joss sticks.

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