[WVKayaker]

No matter how much you wish to change the ORIGINAL TEXT and meaning, the proper definition suggests “overseer”, no “priest”.

presbuteros

1) elder, of age

1a) the elder of two people

1b) advanced in life, an elder, a senior

1b1) forefathers

2) a term of rank or office

2a) among the Jews

2a1) members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were selected from elderly men)

2a2) of those who in separate cities managed public affairs and administered justice

2b) among the Christians, those who presided over the assemblies (or churches) The NT uses the term bishop, elders, and presbyters interchangeably

2c) the twenty four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court seated on thrones around the throne of God

[Petrosius]

Your error is to insist that priest can only mean a sacrificial officer, i.e. hiereus. But the original meaning of priest/preost was for the office of presbyter. The meaning has continued despite the fact priest was latter also used for hiereus.

The office of presbyter has continued to exist in the Catholic Church. In English this office is know as that of priest.