Tā chéngnián hòu cái zài Tiānzhǔ jiàotáng shòuxǐmìngmíng.
He was not baptized and given his Christian name until he was an adult, at the Catholic church.
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受洗 alone means 'to be baptized'; adding 命名 (mìngmíng, 'to name') captures the second half of the rite — receiving a baptismal name. The compound is most common in Catholic and Orthodox contexts where naming is part of the sacrament.
