Pressure on recount for dignitary (7)
I believe the answer is:
prelate
'dignitary' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Ecclesiastical dignitary' mean 'prelate' so perhaps 'dignitary' could also mean 'prelate')
'pressure on recount' is the wordplay.
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'recount' becomes 'relate' (relating is a kind of recounting).
'p'+'relate'='PRELATE'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for prelate that I've seen before include "Senior member of the clergy" , "Bishop perhaps" , "High-ranking clergyman" , "High-ranking member of clergy, say bishop" , "Church high-ranker" .)