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For Catholics, the priesthood is synonymous with the presbyterate. The real question is the authority associated with the word. The American Heritage College dictionary says, def. #1 that a presbyter is a priest in various hierarchial churches, #2 a teaching/ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. The word itself comes from the Middle East word “preost” which comes from the Latin word presbyter, or church elder. Meaning, a church leader?