Incense in China "Xiangbang" (香棒, with "stick; club") means "incense stick; joss stick". Two "incense" synonyms specifying religious offerings to ancestors or deities are "gāoxiāng" (高香, ""high incense"") and "gōngxiāng" (供香, ""offering incense""). The Sunni Muslim Hui Gedimu and the Yihewani burned incense during worship. This was viewed as Daoist or Buddhist influence. The Hui, also known as "White-capped HuiHui", used incense during worship, while the Salar, also known as "black-capped HuiHui" considered this to be a heathen ritual and denounced it. The Chinese developed a sophisticated art form with incense burning like with tea and calligraphy called xiangdao (香道). It involves various
Deus grown weary from involvement in this world and who has been replaced by younger, more active gods, whereas "deus absconditus" suggests a god who has consciously left this world to hide elsewhere. "Nobiscum deus" ("God with us") was a battle cry of the late Roman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire. The name "Amadeus" translates to "for love of God". The genitive/dative "dei" occurs in such phrases as Roman Catholic organization "Opus Dei" (work of God), "Agnus Dei" (Lamb of God) and "Dei Gratia" (By the Grace of God). Deus Deus () is Latin for "god" or "deity". Latin "deus"