/ra spyooh"tin, -tn/ ; Russ. /rddu spooh"tyin/ , n.
1. Grigori Efimovich /gri gawr"ee i fee"meuh vich/ ; Russ. /grddyi gaw"rddyee yi fyee"meuh vyich/ , 1871-1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
2. any person who exercises great but insidious influence.