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ТЕРНОВЫЙ ВЕНЁЦ lit NP sing only) (symbol of) suffering, torment

crown of thorns.

«Сын за царя и отечество терновый венец принял...» (Шолохов 2). "Your son wore a crown of thorns for the tsar and the fatherland..." (2a).

From the Biblical account of the crown of thorns that the soldiers put on Jesus' head before he was crucified (Matt. 27:29 et al.).