ぼくたく

ぼくたく【木鐸】

1 〔鈴〕 a bell with a wooden tongue.

2 〔指導者〕 a leader; a guide of the public; 〔識者〕 a man of light and learning; a herald [prophet] of justice and culture.

●社会の木鐸たる新聞 a newspaper that leads public opinion

・一世の木鐸たる人々 leaders of public opinion

・一世の木鐸を以て任じる stand as a guide for the times.