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Rasputanism

The religion practiced by Rasputan who was a shaman or mystic in czarist Russia and is famous in Russian history.

He believed that a person had to first sin greatly before they could by really forgiven. The Religious group that he belonged to would meet secretly and first whip themselves and then have wild orgies till they dropped from exhaustion.
It is a religion that exists in many parts of the United States.
He's into Rasputanism.
by judge dredd7 August 27, 2013
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Rasputinism

To be killed in a protracted, almost ridiculous way.

Derives from the case of Grigori Rasputin who was poisoned with cyanide, shot at least twice and then thrown in the River Neva. He was then dug up by Bolsheviks and his remains set on fire.
The posthumous execution of Benito Mussolini in 1945 and Oliver Cromwell in 1660 was classic Rasputinism.
by Tyburn January 2, 2008
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