Definitions

1. noun

A Russian mystic and faith healer who gained influence over the Russian royal family, particularly Tsar Nicholas II, and was eventually murdered.

“The film ‘Rasputin’ portrayed the mystic’s rise to power and his eventual downfall.”

2. proper noun

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, the Russian mystic and faith healer.

“The historian studied the life of Rasputin, a mystic who gained notoriety in the early 20th century.”