Recent Examples on the WebThe police initially said Mr. Zhang’s brothers were suspected of illegally starting a fire by burning joss sticks and paper at ancestral graves.—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2016
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Word History
Etymology
Chinese Pidgin English, from Portuguese deus god, from Latin — more at deity
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