Noun
The act of carefully viewing or examining.
The act of reading, especially of reading through or with care.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBy one hour's intimate access to the throne of grace, where the Lord causes his glory to pass before the soul that seeks him, you may acquire more true spiritual knowledge and comfort, than by a day or a week's converse with the best of men, or the most studious perusal of many folios. John Newton
I have always said, and always will say, that the studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands. Thomas Jefferson
I swear by the most holy Essence of God - exalted and glorified be He - that in the Day of the appearance of Him Whom God shall make manifest a thousand perusals of the Bayán cannot equal the perusal of a single verse to be revealed by Him Whom God shall make manifest. Báb
The aim of the tests carried on with these syllable series was, by means of repeated audible perusal of the separate series, to so impress them that immediately afterward they could voluntarily be reproduced. Hermann Ebbinghaus
They have four books in that language (Sanskrit), which they are constantly in the habit of repeating. Their name is Bed (Vedas). They contain stories of their gods, but little advantage can be derived from their perusal. Amir Khusrow
For instance, he does not hesitate to reproach the rabbis of his day for their general neglect not only of the thorough study, but even of the obligatory perusal, of the Bible, charging them with a preference for Talmudic dialectics. Source: Internet