Chinese temple architecture also "wu" and "tongji" shamans, may perform services within these temples. Shenist temples are usually small and decorated with traditional figures on their roofs (dragons and deities), although some evolve into significant structures. Chinese temples can be found throughout Mainland China, Taiwan and also where Chinese expatriate communities settled over centuries. An old name in English for Chinese traditional temples is "joss house". "Joss" is an Anglicized spelling of the Portuguese word for "god", "deus". "Joss house" was in common use in English in western North America during frontier times, when joss houses were a common feature of Chinatowns. The
God (word) Greek "θέω" ("theō"), "run", and "θεωρέω" ("theoreō"), "to look at, to see, to observe", Latin ' "holidays", ' "temple", and also Armenian ' "gods". Alternative suggestions (e.g. by De Saussure) connect ' "smoke, spirit", attested in Baltic and Germanic words for "spook" and ultimately cognate with Latin ' "smoke." The earliest attested form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek "te-o" (plural "te-o-i"), written in Linear B syllabic script. The development of English orthography was dominated by Christian texts. Capitalized, "God" was first used to refer to the Judeo-Christian concept and may now signify any monotheistic conception of God, including