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I appreciate your contribution. The definition for veneration here seems accurate to me. It involves deep esteem and respect, not necessarily used with reference to God.

Hence the crucially important distinction between veneration of Mary, a creature, and adoration of God, the Creator.

Thanks for this.

I was leafing through an old St. Joseph missal and thought I’d share this beautiful prayer of adoration with you.

Morning Offering

Most Holy and Adorable Trinity, one God in three Persons, I firmly believe that You are here present; I adore you with the most profound humility; I praise you and give you thanks with all my heart for the favors you have bestowed on me. Your Goodness has brought me safely to the beginning of this day. Behold, O Lord, I offer You my whole being and in particular all my thoughts, words, and actions, together with such crosses and contradictions as I may meet with in the course of this day. Give them, O Lord, Your blessing; may Your divine Love animate them and may they tend to the greater honor and glory of Your Sovereign Majesty. Amen

You miss the point completely. The verse I quoted in Acts 19:27 used the Greek word for worship in relation to how the pagans were "venerating" Artemis. It is translated as worship.

The word venerate is not used in the text. Worship is.

If you follow the reference verses to where this word is used you see it is primarily directed to God. Acts 19:27 of course to a false goddess.

The point being...you're either worshiping God or you are worshiping someone/something else.

There is no separate class of "veneration".