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ID: 300386079
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300386079

 

Record Type: concept
joss houses (<temples by function>, temples (buildings), ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Worship place of the Chinese folk religion Shenism, where people revere ethnic Chinese gods and ancestors. The term is now generally considered pejorative.
 
Terms:
joss houses (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
joss house (C,U,English,UF,U,SN)
houses, joss (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
joss-houses (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RK

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of single built works (built environment)
............ single built works (built environment) (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by specific type>
................ <single built works by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by function>
.................... <single built works by function> (G)
Hierarchy of ceremonial structures
........................ ceremonial structures (G)
Hierarchy of religious structures
............................ religious structures (G)
Hierarchy of religious buildings
................................ religious buildings (G)
Hierarchy of temples (buildings)
.................................... temples (buildings) (G)
Hierarchy of <temples by function>
........................................ <temples by function> (G)
Hierarchy of joss houses
............................................ joss houses (G,U)

Sources and Contributors:
houses, joss............  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
joss house............  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
joss houses............  [JPGM Preferred, VP Preferred]
.......................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
.......................  McDonald, History of the Weaverville Joss House (1986)
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
joss-houses............  [VP]
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [JPGM, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)

 

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