Cat seen in various residences (9)

I believe the answer is:

tenancies

'residences' is the definition.
(tenancy is a kind of residence)

'cat seen in various' is the wordplay.
'various' indicates an anagram.
'cat'+'seen'+'in'='catseenin'
'catseenin' is an anagram of 'TENANCIES'.

(Another definition for tenancies that I've seen is " property".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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